Fenni
English
plural noun
Definitions
- (historical) An ancient people of northeastern Europe first described by in Germania in AD 98. It is unclear whether the Fenni are connected with the present-day Finns.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Fennī derived from Old Norse Finnr (Sami, a Sami, en, Finn, a m, Finns).
Origin
Old Norse
Finnr
Gloss
Sami, a Sami, en, Finn, a m, Finns
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fennus Latin
- Fennī Latin
- Finnia Latin
- Finnus Latin
- Φίννος Ancient Greek
- finne Norwegian Bokmål
- *finnaz Proto-Germanic
- finne Swedish
- finne Norwegian Nynorsk
- Finnas Old English
- Finnland Old Norse
- Finnr Old Norse
- finnskr Old Norse
- Finn Danish
- finne Danish
- Finni Icelandic
- Finnur Icelandic
- Finnur Faroese
- Fín Slovak
- Finn Norwegian
- fin Crimean Tatar