fána
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈfˠæːnˠə/
noun
Definitions
- downward slope, declivity
- depression, hollow
- droop
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish fán inherited from Proto-Celtic *wāgna- (hollow, depression, slope) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wāg- (be bent).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wāg-
Gloss
be bent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vagus English
- Venerivagus Latin
- arenivagus Latin
- circumvagus Latin
- fluctivagus Latin
- harenivagus Latin
- ignivagus Latin
- ludivagus Latin
- lustrivagus Latin
- montivagus Latin
- multivagus Latin
- mundivagus Latin
- nemorivagus Latin
- noctivagus Latin
- nubivagus Latin
- paludivagus Latin
- pervagus Latin
- pontivagus Latin
- remivagus Latin
- solivagus Latin
- undivagus Latin
- vagor Latin
- vagus Latin
- vulgivagus Latin
- gaio Italian
- vago Italian
- vague French
- *wāg- Proto-Indo-European
- vag Norwegian Bokmål
- noctívago Portuguese
- vago Portuguese
- vag Norwegian Nynorsk
- fán Irish
- gai Old French
- vague Catalan, Valencian
- fán Old Irish
- vague Middle French
- *wāgna- Proto-Celtic
- *wāgno- Proto-Celtic
- *wagos Proto-Italic
- *gāhi Frankish
- *wāhi Frankish
- gai Old Occitan