Etymology

fening

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Today it means: A currency unit worth one hundredth of a Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian fening ← German Pfennig
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The story

  1. German · derived fromPfennig
  2. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromfening
  3. English todayfening

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian fening, from German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and pfennig.

Words from the same roots

GermanPfennig all →

pfennig

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