Where does “פֿײַן” come from?

פֿײַן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German fîn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

פֿײַן (Yiddish): fine, pretty

Definitions

  1. fine, pretty

Ancestry of “פֿײַן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanfîn—
2Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
3Latinfīnisend
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

Words derived from “פֿײַן”

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