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
Ancestry of “finanskrise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |