Where does “fennminte” come from?

fennminte (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.

fennminte (Old English): water mint

Definitions

  1. water mint

Ancestry of “fennminte”, step by step

fennminte traces back through two 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 minte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmintemint; mint plant
2Proto-Germanicminta—
3Latinmentamint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of...
4Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →