Where does “finu” come from?

finu (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese Fino, from Latin Finnus, from Old Norse Finnr, from Proto-Germanic Finnaz — Sami? Finn?.

finu (Kabuverdianu): thin

Definitions

  1. thin

Ancestry of “finu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseFinothin having little thickness
2LatinFinnusAlternative form of Fennus
3Old NorseFinnra Sami; Sami, Finns; a {{m|en|Finn}}, a...
4Proto-GermanicFinnazSami? Finn?
Every word from Proto-Germanic Finnaz →Every word from Old Norse Finnr →Every word from Latin Finnus →