Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fenukl

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, from Latin fēnuculum.

Noun

*fenukl m

1. fennel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fenukl
Genitive	*fenukklas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fenukl	*fenukklō, *fenukklōs
Accusative	*fenukl	*fenukklā
Genitive	*fenukklas	*fenukklō
Dative	*fenukklē	*fenukklum
Instrumental	*fenukklu	*fenukklum

Descendants

• Old English: finol, finugl, finul m, finule, finugle f
  • Middle English: fenell, fenel, fenyl, fenele, vinel, finelle, fenelle
    • English: fennel
    • Scots: fennel
• Old Saxon: fenucal, fenecal, fenikel
  • Middle Low German: fennikôl, vennikol, vennekol, vennekel, venkol, venkel, venekol, vennickel
    • German Low German: Fenkel, Fenkol
    • → Danish: fennikel
    • → Old Swedish: faznikal, fenekol
      • Swedish: fänkål
      • → Estonian: fenkol
      • → Finnish: fenkoli
• Old Dutch: *fenikal
  • Middle Dutch: venkel, vênekel, vinkel
    • Dutch: venkel
      • Afrikaans: vinkel
    • → Middle English: fenkel, fenecel, fenkele, fenicle, fenkylle, fenkell, fynkyll, fynkall
      • Scots: finkle
• Old High German: fenihhal, fenichal, fenuhhal, fenuchal
  • Middle High German: fenichel, fenchel, fenechel, venichel, venchel, venechel
    • German: Fenchel