Where does “fein” come from?

fein (German) comes from Middle High German fīn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fein (German): fine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...

Definitions

  1. fine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...

Ancestry of “fein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanfīn—
2Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “fein”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →