Proto-IE: *wē- (Gr hw-)
Meaning: to thresh and winnow
Old Greek: hái̯nō `die Körner von den Streu reinigen', *an-wē-: ānéō `= ptíssō' Ar.+ (ā- in ē-dialects)
Latin: vannus, -ī f. 'веялка', vannō, -ere 'очищать веялкой, веять, провеивать'
Russ. meaning: веять (зерно)
References: Fraenkel
Comments: Probably different from *(a)wē- 'to blow', because Greek and Grm meanings make us to reconstruct not 'to winnow' merely, but 'to thresh and winnow', i.e. the whole of the cycle.
