Where does “Fenn” come from?

Fenn (German) comes from Middle Low German venne, from Old Saxon fenni, from Proto-West Germanic *fani, from Proto-Germanic fanją, from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

Fenn (German): mire, bog, fen

Definitions

  1. mire, bog, fen

Ancestry of “Fenn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Fenn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pen- →