English

fanny fart

Fanny fart comes from English fanny ‘the vagina’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of fanny ‘the vagina’ + fart

Proto-Indo-European *perd- ‘to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind’

Proto-Germanic *fertaną ‘to break wind, fart’

Proto-West Germanic *fertan

Old English *feortan ‘to fart’

Middle English ferten

English fart

Every English word from English fanny

noun An emission of air from the vagina, especially when audible.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.