feno
Venetian Slang, contraction offenocio (finocchio)
fēnō
Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*pənuq, fromProto-Austronesian*pəNuq; compareIndonesianpenuh.
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feno
Ultimately fromLatinfēnum, monophthongized variant offaenum, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-no-. Judging by the unexpected retention of /-n-/ (compare Old Portuguesefẽo), possibly borrowed from or influenced byAsturianfenu. The motive could have been to avoid homophony withfeo(“ugly”), although this homophony is tolerated in Galician.
feno
feno
singular | plural | |||
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inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tofeno | fofeno | mifeno | |
2nd person | nofeno | nifeno | ||
3rd person | masculine | ofeno | ifeno yofeno(archaic) | |
feminine | mofeno | |||
neuter | ifeno |