N. faun n. “cloud” (Category: Cloud, Mirk)

⚠️N. faun, n. “cloud” (Category: Cloud, Mirk)

S. fân “(white) cloud; veil, curtain; form or vision of a spiritual being; ⚠️spirit [embodied]”

Reference ✧ Ety/SPAN ✧ “cloud”

Cognates

• Dan. spenna “white fog” ✧ Ety/SPAN
• ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
• ᴹT. spania “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶spāna “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • < ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶spāna > faun

[spāna] > [spǭna] > [sɸǭna] > [sɸouna] > [ɸouna] > [founa] > [fauna] > [faun]

✧ Ety/SPAN