Where does “fenil” come from?

fenil (Cornish) comes from Middle English fenel, from Old English fenol, from Old French fenoil, from Vulgar Latin fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fenil (Cornish): fennel

Definitions

  1. fennel

Ancestry of “fenil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfenelfennel
2Old Englishfenol—
3Old Frenchfenoilfennel
4Vulgar Latinfenuclum—
5Latinfēnuculumfennel
6Latinfēnumhay
7Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin faenum →Every word from Latin fēnum →