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Where does “Fenni” come from?

Fenni (English) comes from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “Fenni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseFinnra Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a...
2Proto-GermanicFinnaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic Finnaz →