chenel

Old French

Alternative forms

chanel, chenal

Etymology

From Latin canālis, cognate with canel.

Noun

chenel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cheneaus or cheneax or cheniaus or cheniax or chenels, nominative singular cheneaus or cheneax or cheniaus or cheniax or chenels, nominative plural chenel)

channel (of water)

Descendants

French: chenal
Norman: ch'na
→ Middle English: chanel, canel, cannel, kanel
- English: channel
  - → Japanese: チャンネル (channeru)
  - → Korean: 채널 (chaeneol)
  - → Welsh: sianel
- Scots: channel, chennel
- → Irish: cainéal (“channel”)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chenel, supplement)

Old Irish

Noun

chenel

Alternative spelling of chenél: lenited form of cenel.

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