English

fenberry

From fen + berry.

A compound of fen + berry

Proto-Indo-European *pen- ‘bog, mire’

Proto-Germanic *fanją ‘fen, marsh, swamp’

Proto-West Germanic *fani

Old English fenn

Middle English fen ‘fen, bog, swamp’

English fen

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-West Germanic *baʀi

Old English berġe

Middle English berie ‘a berry’

English berry

Today it means

noun The cranberry.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fenberry