Lemizh / English dictionary
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pnàb.
to make fauns
pnèb. the god Faunus/Pan, lit. ‘maker/father of fauns’
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem pan‑a
< LMLem pàn‑yr
< Koi Πᾱ́ν ‘Pan’, probably from
< PIE *peh₂- ‘protect, shepherd’
Cognates
probably Ved Pūṣan ‘a Vedic deity’, Eng pasture (via Lat pāscō ‘feed, graze’)