Where does “finans” come from?

finans (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French finance, from Middle French finance, from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

finans (Norwegian Bokmål): finance

Definitions

  1. finance

Ancestry of “finans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinancefinance
2Middle Frenchfinance—
3Middle Frenchfinerto finish
4Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
5Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
6Latinfīnisend
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “finans”

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