Where does “fin” come from?
fin (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse fínn, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
fin (Norwegian Bokmål): fine
Ancestry of “fin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fínn | — |
| 2 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |