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פֿאָן
‘flag’

פֿאָן
־ען
די
'flag'

ETYMOLOGY

{Kluge/Seebold write that the modern meaning 'flag' arose from OHG gundfano 'war banner (actually war cloth)'}
Got. fana 'rag', ON fane, OE fana 'flag, banner', English vane 'weathervane', OS fano, Dutch vaan, OHG fano, MHG van(e), NHG Fahne; from PGmc ✱fanan- 'cloth' (or ✱fanōn)< ✱peh₂-on- (EUR), perhaps from ✱péh₂-ōn, gen. ✱ph₂-n-ós.
Related: Greek πη̃νος, πήνη 'thread of the woof; woof', Latin pannus 'piece of cloth'

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

foː {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}
- foːnən פֿאָנען

ə fóˑn {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

foːˆnən {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

fejnoʳ פֿענער (sukkah decoration) {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}
- fejnə פֿענער (Simchas Torah)

ISRAEL

der militer it afn fon דער מיליטער היט אויפֿן פֿאָן {JERUSALEMITE} {Assouline 2010: 6}