Where does “Fentons Creek” come from?

Fentons Creek (English) comes from English Fenton, from Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn, from Proto-West Germanic *fani, from Proto-Germanic fanją, from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

Ancestry of “Fentons Creek”, step by step

Fentons Creek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fenton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFenton—
2Middle EnglishFenton—
3Old Englishfennmud; fen, marsh
4Proto-West Germanic*fanifen, marsh, swamp
5Proto-Germanicfanjąfen, marsh, swamp
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpen-bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

via English Creek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCreekOne of a Native American tribe from the...
2Middle Englishcrikemuscular spasm of the neck
3Old Norsekrikibend; nook
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fani →