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Where does “Finno-” come from?

Finno- (English) comes from Latin Finnus, from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz.

Finno- (English): of or pertaining to Finland, the Finnish...

Definitions

  1. of or pertaining to Finland, the Finnish...

Ancestry of “Finno-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFinnusAlternative form of Fennus
2Old NorseFinnra Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a...
3Proto-GermanicFinnaz—

Words derived from “Finno-”

  • Proto-Finno-Ugric
  • Finno-Ugric
  • Finno-Ugricist
  • Finnophone
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