Where does “refrengi” come from?

refrengi (Finnish) comes from Swedish refräng, from Latin refrener, from Latin refrēnāre, from Latin frēnāre.

refrengi (Finnish): refrain chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza

Definitions

  1. refrain chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza

Ancestry of “refrengi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrefränga chorus, a refrain
2Latinrefrenerfirst-person singular present passive subjunctive...
3Latinrefrēnāre—
4Latinfrēnāre—
Every word from Latin frēnāre →Every word from Latin refrēnāre →Every word from Latin refrener →