Where does “finna” come from?
finna (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic finþaną, from Proto-Indo-European pent- — to pass; path.
finna (Norwegian Nynorsk): to find
Ancestry of “finna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | finna | to find |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | finþaną | to find, to discover, to come upon |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pent- | to pass; path |