Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fani

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fanją.

Noun

*fani n

1. fen, marsh, swamp

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fani
Genitive	*fannjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fani	*fannju
Accusative	*fani	*fannju
Genitive	*fannjas	*fannjō
Dative	*fannjē	*fannjum
Instrumental	*fannju	*fannjum

Descendants

• Old English: fenn, fen, fænn, fæn, feon, fien
  • Middle English: fen, fenne, ven
    • English: fen
    • Scots: fen
    • Yola: ven
• Old Frisian: fene, fenne, fane
  • North Frisian: fenn
  • Saterland Frisian: Foan
  • West Frisian: fean
• Old Saxon: feni, fenni
  • Middle Low German: venne, vēn, ven
    • German Low German: Fenne
• Old Dutch: *feni
  • Middle Dutch: vēne
    • Dutch: veen
  • Middle Dutch: venne
    • Dutch: ven
• Old High German: fenni
  • Middle High German: venne (rare, northern)
    • German: Fenn, Venn (chiefly based on Low German)
• → Old French: *fagne
  • Walloon: fanie, fagne
    • → French: fagne