Where does “finansmann” come from?
finansmann (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-.
finansmann (Norwegian Bokmål): a financier
Ancestry of “finansmann”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |