Where does “chenn” come from?

chenn (Antillean Creole) comes from French chaîne, from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

chenn (Antillean Creole): chain

Definitions

  1. chain

Ancestry of “chenn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchaînechain; channel; warp
2Middle Frenchchaisnechain
3Old Frenchchaenechain
4Latincatēnachain
5Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaene →