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Where does “feni” come from?

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

feni (Old Dutch): fen, marsh, swamp

Definitions

  1. fen, marsh, swamp

Ancestry of “feni”, step by step

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

Words derived from “feni”

  • veenbrand
  • veenlijk
  • ven
  • veen
  • etveen
  • venne
  • vene
  • vēne
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