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Where does “venne” come from?

venne (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch feni, from Proto-Germanic fanją, from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

venne (Middle Dutch): mire, bog; wetland, marshy heath; small lake in a...

Definitions

  1. mire, bog; wetland, marshy heath; small lake in a...

Ancestry of “venne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfenifen, marsh, swamp
2Proto-Germanicfanjąfen, marsh, swamp
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpen-bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

Words derived from “venne”

  • ven
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