chenel

Old French

Alternative forms

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)

  1. channel (of water)

Descendants

  • French: chenal
  • Norman: ch'na
  • → Middle English: chanel, canel, cannel, kanel

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (chenel, supplement)

Old Irish

Noun

chenel

  1. alternative spelling of chenél: lenited form of cenel
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