Where does “Fenni” come from?

Fenni (English) comes from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz — Sami? Finn?.

Fenni (English): An ancient people of northeastern Europe first...

Definitions

  1. An ancient people of northeastern Europe first...

Ancestry of “Fenni”, step by step

Fenni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse Finnr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseFinnra Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a...
2Proto-GermanicFinnazSami? Finn?

via Latin Fenni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFenni—
Every word from Proto-Germanic Finnaz →Every word from Old Norse Finnr →