Where does “fin” come from?

fin (Swedish) comes from French fin, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

fin (Swedish): fine, elegant; good, excellent; thin

Definitions

  1. fine, elegant; good, excellent; thin

Ancestry of “fin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
2Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “fin”

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