ven
Dutch (Brabantic)
/vɛn/
noun
Definitions
- mere, a small shallow lake or pond
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch venne inherited from Old Dutch *feni inherited from Proto-Germanic *fanją (marsh, clay, fen, swamp, marshland, mud).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fanją
Gloss
marsh, clay, fen, swamp, marshland, mud
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
沢
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- faenum Latin
- *pan- Proto-Indo-European
- *pen- Proto-Indo-European
- *fanją Proto-Germanic
- fenn Old English
- fen Old Norse
- fien Old French
- fana Galician
- fananco Galician
- vene Middle Dutch
- venne Middle Dutch
- vēne Middle Dutch
- fenni Old High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌹 Gothic
- *feni Old Dutch
- fenni Old Saxon
- *fani Frankish
- *fani, *fanja Frankish
- fane Old Frisian