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Where does “fin-” come from?

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

Ancestry of “fin-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishfinfine, elegant; good, excellent; thin
2Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
3Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
4Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
5Latinfīnis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “fin-”

  • finbageri
  • fingranska
  • finjustera
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →