Where does “finfolk” come from?
finfolk (English) comes from English fin, from English finasteride, from English -steride, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
finfolk (English): Sorcerous shapeshifters of the sea in Orkney...
Definitions
- Sorcerous shapeshifters of the sea in Orkney...
Ancestry of “finfolk”, step by step
finfolk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fin | One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel... |
| 2 | English | finasteride | A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males |
| 3 | English | -steride | Used to form names of [[w:5α-reductase |
| 4 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English folk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | folk | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land,... |
| 2 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 3 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 4 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |