finew

Meaning

moldiness

Translations

Verstaubtheit

mellaceum

küf

küflülük

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪnjuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *fine

Inherited from Old English: fyne

Cognate with Middle Low German: vunsch

Cognate with Middle Dutch: vunsc

Cognate with Old English: fenn

In summary

From Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *fun- (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *poni-o- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch, Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.