Reconstruction:Latin/fangus

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 This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

  1. Possibly from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *fanją (“swamp, fen”).[1] Compare Dutch veen and English fen.
  2. Alternatively from Gothic (“mud”), from Proto-Germanic *fangō (“mud, swamp”), ultimately related to the option above. Compare German feucht, Dutch vocht, Old English fūht.

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Noun

*fangus m or *fanga f or *fania f

  1. mud

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “fange”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  2. ^ “fagne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “fango”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 5 e–fin, UTET, 1968, page 638ff.
  4. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fëng ~ fang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 96

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