Where does “fenniġ” come from?

fenniġ (Old English) comes from Old English fenn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fenniġ (Old English): fenny

Definitions

  1. fenny

Ancestry of “fenniġ”, step by step

fenniġ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fenn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfennmud; fen, marsh
2Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
3Proto-West Germanictūnfence
4Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
5Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
6Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Old English īġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīġ—
2Proto-Berber*aβəɣ—

via Old English fen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfen—

Words derived from “fenniġ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →