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- fane (n.)




- "weathercock," late 14c., from Old English fana "flag, banner," from Proto-Germanic *fanon (cognates: Old Frisian fana, Gothic fana "piece of cloth," Old High German fano, German Fahne "flag, standard"); possibly cognate with Latin pannus "piece of cloth" (see pane).
- weather-vane (n.)




- also weathervane, mid-15c., wederfane; see weather (n.) + vane. Weathercock also is mid-15c. (wedurkoke).