The story
- Old English · inherited fromfenland
- Middle English · inherited fromfenlond
- English todayfenland
From Middle English fenlond, from Old English fenland, equivalent to fen + land. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foanlound (“moorland”), West Frisian feanlân (“peat bog”), Dutch veenland (“peat bog”), Middle Low German vēnlant, vennelant (“swampy, boggy pastureland”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.