Proto-Germanic: *fanēn, *fanō
Meaning: banner
Gothic: *fana m. (n) `piece of cloth, rag'
Old Norse: fani m. `Fahne, Heerzeichen'
Old English: fana, -an m., fanu, -e f. `standart, flag, vane; fane, flower de luce'
English: vane
Old Frisian: fona m. `vaan'
Old Saxon: fano m. `doek'
Middle Dutch: vāne, vaen m., f. `vaandel, banier'
Dutch: vaan f.
Middle Low German: vāne
Old High German: fano m. `Tuch; Feldzeichen, Banner' (um 800)
Middle High German: van(e) wk./st. m., md. f. 'fahne, banner; unter einer fahne stehnde heeresabteilung'
German: Fahne f.
