Where does “finanskrise” come from?
finanskrise (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-.
finanskrise (Norwegian Bokmål): a financial crisis
Definitions
- a financial crisis
Ancestry of “finanskrise”, step by step
finanskrise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål finans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | finans | finance |
| 2 | French | finance | finance |
| 3 | Middle French | finance | — |
| 4 | Middle French | finer | to finish |
| 5 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 6 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 7 | Latin | fīnis | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål krise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krise | crisis |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |