Where does “finanssimies” come from?

finanssimies (Finnish) comes from Finnish finanssit, from Middle French finance, from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finanssimies (Finnish): finance expert

Definitions

  1. finance expert

Ancestry of “finanssimies”, step by step

finanssimies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish finanssit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfinanssitfinances; financial affairs, money matters
2Middle Frenchfinance—
3Middle Frenchfinerto finish
4Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
5Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
6Latinfīnisend
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →