Where does “fenyce” come from?

fenyce (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.

fenyce (Old English): marsh frog

Definitions

  1. marsh frog

Ancestry of “fenyce”, step by step

fenyce 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 yce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishycetoad; poisonous frog
2Proto-West Germanicūkijā—
3Proto-West Germanicūkātoad, fire-bellied toad
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwegʷ-wet, moist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →