vannus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Confer with the diminutive vatillum. Cognate with Latin ventus, Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi), Middle High German winden (“to winnow”), Icelandic vinsa (“to pick out, weed”), English winnow.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯an.nus/, [ˈu̯änːʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvan.nus/, [ˈvänːus]

Noun

vannus f (genitive vannī); second declension

a winnowing basket

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vannus	vannī
Genitive	vannī	vannōrum
Dative	vannō	vannīs
Accusative	vannum	vannōs
Ablative	vannō	vannīs
Vocative	vanne	vannī

Derived terms

vannō

Descendants

→ Dutch: wan
→ English: fan, van (see there for further descendants)
French: van
⇒ Galician: abano
→ Old High German: wanna
- Middle High German:
  - German: Wanne
    - → Estonian: vann
    - → Polish: wanna
    - → Russian: ва́нна (vánna) (see there for further descendants)
  - Vilamovian: wonn
  - Yiddish: וואַנע‎ (vane)
⇒ Portuguese: abano
⇒ Spanish: abano

References

“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’s 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