Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fenni

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fen-ni
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient people of northeastern Europe first described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in AD 98. It is unclear whether the Fenni are connected with the present-day Finns.

Etymology

From Latin Fennī; compare Ancient Greek Φίννος (Phínnos). The name as used by Tacitus is unclear about whom it actually describes, but it may nevertheless be from Old Norse Finnr (“a Sami”). More at Fenni.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Fennī, Finnr

Questions

What does fenni mean?: An ancient people of northeastern Europe first described by Cornelius Tacitus in Germania in AD 98. It is unclear whether the Fenni are connected with the present-day Finns.
Where does fenni come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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