Where does “fin” come from?

fin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German fein, from Middle High German fīn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fin (Serbo-Croatian): fine, delicate; thin; sensitive

Definitions

  1. fine, delicate; thin; sensitive

Ancestry of “fin”, step by step

fin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfeinfine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...
2Middle High Germanfīn—
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Italian fino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfinotill, until, as far as; thin, fine
2Vulgar Latinfinusfine

Words derived from “fin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →