Where does “Ֆիննական ծոց” come from?
Ֆիննական ծոց (Armenian) comes from Armenian ֆիննական, from Armenian ֆինն, from Russian финн, from Swedish Finne, from German finne, from Middle Low German finne, from Old Saxon finna, from Proto-Germanic finnō — backbone, dorsal fin; backbone; dorsal fin.
Ancestry of “Ֆիննական ծոց”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | ֆիննական | Finnish |
| 2 | Armenian | ֆինն | Finn |
| 3 | Russian | финн | Finn |
| 4 | Swedish | Finne | — |
| 5 | German | finne | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | finne | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | finna | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | finnō | flipper; fin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pīn- | backbone, dorsal fin; backbone; dorsal fin |