vannus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (to blow); compare the diminutive vatillum, as well as Latin ventus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Middle High German winden (to winnow), Icelandic vinsa (to pick out, weed), English winnow. However, De Vaan is skeptical of the semantics, and leaves the origin open.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vannus f (genitive vannī); second declension

  1. a winnowing basket

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vannus vannī
Genitive vannī vannōrum
Dative vannō vannīs
Accusative vannum vannōs
Ablative vannō vannīs
Vocative vanne vannī

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: van
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wannu (see there for further descendants)
  • *advannus

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vannus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 653

Further reading

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  • vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vannus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vannus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vannus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vannus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag