Where does “finanskrise” come from?
finanskrise (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): a financial crisis
Definitions
- a financial crisis
Ancestry of “finanskrise”, step by step
finanskrise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk finans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 Nynorsk krise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | krise | <br>; 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 |