Where does “finen” come from?

finen (Middle English) comes from Old French finer, from Latin fīniō, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

Ancestry of “finen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfinerto finish; to complete; to kill; to murder; to...
2Latinfīniōto finish, terminate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Latin fīniō →