English

Finnhorse

From Finn + horse.

A compound of Finn + horse

Proto-Germanic *finnaz ‘Sami? Finn?’

Old Norse finnr ‘a hunter-gatherer’

Old English Finnas ‘the Sami’

English Finn

Proto-Germanic *hrussą ‘horse’

Proto-West Germanic *hross ‘horse’

Old English hors ‘horse’

Middle English hors ‘a horse’

English horse

Today it means

noun A Finnish breed of horse with both riding and draught horse characteristics.

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

Etymograph / Finnhorse