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Finder

Finder comes from German finden ‘to find’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to go, pass’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pent-‘to go, pass’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*finþaną‘to find, to discover, to come upon’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*finþan‘to find, discover, come upon’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050findan‘to find’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vinden‘to find’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentfinden‘to find’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentFinder
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pent-‘to go, pass’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*finþaną‘to find, to discover, to come upon’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*finþan‘to find, discover, come upon’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050findan‘to find’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vinden‘to find’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentfinden‘to find’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentFinder
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to go, pass’

path, patrol, pad, faze, pontiff, sputnik, pontoon, pons, pontifical, pontifex, 14 more

through Proto-West Germanic *finþan ‘to find, discover, come upon’

finding, 3 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pent- / Finder

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