An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Fasan

by Friedrich Kluge

Fasan, masculine, ‘pheasant,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German fasân, fasant, masculine; the latter is derived from Latin Greek fasianus (φασιανός, ‘a bird from the Phasis in Colchis’), ‘pheasant,’ whence also Italian fagiano, French faisan.