kennel

kennel · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcanis
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*canīle
3. Old French · derived fromchenil
4. Anglo-Norman · derived from*kenil
5. Middle English · inherited fromkenel
6. English todaykennel

PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

kennel · noun²

1. Sumerian · derived from𒄀𒈾
2. Akkadian · derived from𒄀“reed”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάννα“reed”
4. Latin · derived fromcanna“reed, cane”
5. Latin · derived fromcanālis“channel; canal”
6. Old French · derived fromcanel
7. Middle English · derived fromcanel
8. English todaykennel

From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal.

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