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

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: fenel, fenele, fenyl, fenell, fenelle, finelle, vinel (Late Middle English)
  - 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