Where does “finnskr” come from?

finnskr (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse -skr, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

finnskr (Old Norse): Finnish; Sami

Definitions

  1. Finnish; Sami

Ancestry of “finnskr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-skr-ish
2Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
3Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “finnskr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -iskaz →Every word from Old Norse -skr →