Where does “fejn” come from?

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

fejn (Maltese): where

Definitions

  1. where

Ancestry of “fejn”, step by step

fejn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfeinfine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...
2Middle High Germanfīn—
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Arabic [[فِي]] [[أَيْنَ]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabic[[فِي]] [[أَيْنَ]]—

Words derived from “fejn”

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