chenel

Old French

Alternative forms

• chanel, chenal

Etymology

From Latin canālis, cognate with canel.

Noun

chenel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cheneaus or cheneax or cheniaus or cheniax or chenels, nominative singular cheneaus or cheneax or cheniaus or cheniax or chenels, nominative plural chenel)

1. channel (of water)

Descendants

• French: chenal
• Norman: ch'na
• → Middle English: chanel, canel, cannel, kanel
  • English: channel
    • → Japanese: チャンネル (channeru)
    • → Korean: 채널 (chaeneol)
    • → Welsh: sianel
  • Scots: channel, chennel
  • → Irish: cainéal (“channel”)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chenel, supplement)

Old Irish

Noun

chenel

1. Alternative spelling of chenél: lenited form of cenel.