Etymograph

English

vane

Vane comes from Old English fana ‘cloth, banner, flag’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- ‘something woven’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂n-1‘something woven’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fanô1‘cloth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fanō1reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150fana1‘cloth, banner, flag’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vane1
  6. Englishtodayvane1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English vane

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂n-Wiktionary, English vane‘something woven’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fanôWiktionary, English vane‘cloth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fanōWiktionary, English vanereconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150fanaWiktionary, English vane‘cloth, banner, flag’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vaneWiktionary, English vane
  6. EnglishtodayvaneWiktionary, English vane

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- ‘something woven’

panel, pane, 1 more

through Proto-Germanic *fanô ‘cloth’

fanon

through Old English fana ‘cloth, banner, flag’

fane

Today it means

noun A weather vane.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- / vane

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