English

Vancean

From Vance + -an.

Formed from Vance + -an

Proto-Indo-European *pen- ‘moist, wet, mud, swamp, water’

Proto-Germanic *fanją ‘fen, marsh, swamp’

Proto-West Germanic *fani ‘fen, marsh, swamp’

Old English fenn ‘marsh, bog’

English Vance

Today it means

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