fen
Middle English
/fɛn/
noun
Definitions
- fen, bog, swamp
- dirt, muddiness
- dung, feces
- (rare) rubbish, refuse
- (rare) quagmire, lure
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fenn (bog, swamp, marsh, mud, dirt, fen) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fanją (marsh, clay, fen, swamp, marshland, mud) borrowed from Old French fien.
Origin
Old French
fien
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vance English
- fen English
- fenberry English
- fenland English
- fenlike English
- fenman English
- fennish English
- fenny English
- faenum Latin
- *pan- Proto-Indo-European
- *pen- Proto-Indo-European
- *fanją Proto-Germanic
- fenn Old English
- fenniġ Old English
- fenny Middle English
- fen Old Norse
- fien Old French
- fana Galician
- fananco Galician
- fenni Old High German
- fyens Middle French
- 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌹 Gothic
- *feni Old Dutch
- fenni Old Saxon
- *fani Frankish
- *fani, *fanja Frankish
- fane Old Frisian