Finn
English
/fɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A national of Finland.
- A person of ethnic Finnish ancestry, a non-Swedish Finlander.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Finnas (Finns) 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
- Finnair English
- Finnhorse English
- Finnic English
- Finnicist English
- Finnicize English
- Finnish English
- Finnishization English
- Finnishness English
- air English
- horse English
- 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
- Kifinishi Swahili
- Finn Norwegian
- fin Crimean Tatar