vannus

== Latin == === Etymology === Traditionally derived from Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”); compare the diminutive vatillum, as well as Latin ventus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), English winnow. However, De Vaan is skeptical of the semantics, and leaves the origin open. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwan.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvan.nus] === Noun === vannus f (genitive vannī); second declension a winnowing basket ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== vannō ==== Descendants ==== French: van → Proto-West Germanic: *wannu (see there for further descendants) ⇒ *advannus Galician: abano Portuguese: abano Spanish: abano === References === === Further reading === “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vannus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "vannus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “vannus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “vannus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “vannus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag