Etymology Explorer
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Where does “Finnur” come from?
Finnur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz — Sami? Finn?.
Ancestry of “Finnur”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
Finnr
a Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a...
2
Proto-Germanic
Finnaz
Sami? Finn?
Words derived from “Finnur”
Álvfinnur
Every word from Proto-Germanic Finnaz →
Every word from Old Norse Finnr →