Where does “finansår” come from?

finansår (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål finans, 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-.

finansår (Norwegian Bokmål): financial year

Definitions

  1. financial year

Ancestry of “finansår”, step by step

finansår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål finans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfinansfinance
2Frenchfinancefinance
3Middle Frenchfinance—
4Middle Frenchfinerto finish
5Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
6Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
7Latinfīnisend
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Norwegian Bokmål år

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålåra year
2Frencharean are
3Latināreaa piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town)
4Proto-Italicāzeā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-e-yeh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →