Proto-Germanic: *fani, *fanja-n, -z; *funja-n etc.
Meaning: clay, mud, marsh
Gothic: fani n. (ja) `clay, mud'
Old Norse: fen n. `Sumpf'
Norwegian: fen
Danish: fen
Old English: fen (fenn, fänn) n./m. `Sumpf, Moor', fyne, -es n.? `moisture, mould', fynig (fini) `mouldy, musty, damp'
English: fen
Old Frisian: fene m. `moeras'; OWFris faen
East Frisian: ven `weide'; WFris vunsterig `slecht', Fris fenne `niet maaibaar weiland'
Old Saxon: fen(n)i n. `Sumpfg, Moor'
Middle Dutch: vunsc `muffig'; vunst, vunstich `slecht'; vēne, veen n., f.; venne `veen, moeras'
Dutch: vuns; veen n.; ven n. `kleine meertjes in de heide, door uitvening onstane plas'
Middle Low German: venne f. `moorige Weide'; vunsch; vēn `moeras, veen'
Old High German: { fenna }, fenni n. (9.Jh.), fennī f. (um 800) `stehendes Wasser, Sumpf, Moor'
Middle High German: vɛnne st. n. 'sumpf'
German: Fenn n.
