Where does “фін” come from?

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

фін (Ukrainian): Finn (male)

Definitions

  1. Finn (male)

Ancestry of “фін”, step by step

фін traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianfinfine, delicate; subtle; godson
2Frenchfinend, close, finish; end, end goal, objective,...
3Middle Frenchfinend; finish; death
4Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
5Latinfīnisend
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Swedish Finne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishFinneA Finn a person from Finland
2Germanfinnebig dorsal fin as found in large fish and marine mammals
3Middle Low Germanfinne—
4Old Saxonfinna—
5Proto-Germanicfinnōflipper; fin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pīn-backbone, dorsal fin; backbone; dorsal fin

Words derived from “фін”

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