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