Where does “finansminister” come from?

finansminister (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-.

finansminister (Norwegian Nynorsk): 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 Nynorsk finans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfinansfinance
2Frenchfinancefinance
3Middle Frenchfinance—
4Middle Frenchfinerto finish
5Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
6Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
7Latinfīnisend
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Norwegian Nynorsk minister

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