Etymograph

English

chenet

Chenet comes from French chenet ‘fire dog, andiron’, from chien ‘cock, hammer’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱwṓ1‘dog’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanis2as canis‘dog’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400chien2‘dog’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600chien2‘dog (animal)’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentchien3‘cock, hammer’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentchenet4‘fire dog, andiron’
  7. Englishtodaychenet4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin canis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French chien
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French chenet
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English chenet

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱwṓWiktionary, Latin canis‘dog’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcanisWiktionary, French chienas canis‘dog’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400chienWiktionary, French chien‘dog’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600chienWiktionary, French chien‘dog (animal)’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentchienWiktionary, French chenet‘cock, hammer’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentchenetWiktionary, English chenet‘fire dog, andiron’
  7. EnglishtodaychenetWiktionary, English chenet

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’

cynical, hound, poodle, cynic, 9 more

through Latin canis ‘dog’

canine, kennel, chenille, 8 more

Today it means

noun fire dog, andiron

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “chenet”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin canis, French chien, French chenet. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ / chenet

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