Where does “finansminister” come from?

finansminister (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-.

finansminister (Norwegian Bokmål): Minister of Finance, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Definitions

  1. Minister of Finance, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Ancestry of “finansminister”, step by step

finansminister 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 minister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålministera minister
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →