Where does “fijn” come from?

fijn (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fijn (Middle Dutch): fine

Definitions

  1. fine

Ancestry of “fijn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
2Latinfīnisend
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “fijn”

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