from Old Norse vanir "the Vanir," one of the families of Scandinavian gods, from Proto-Germanic *wana-, perhaps from PIE root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for."
Vanessa
vanguard
vanilla
vanillin
vaniloquence
Vanir
vanish
vanity
vanquish
vantage
vapid
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