English
Finnic
From Finn + -ic.
A compound of Finn + -ic
Proto-Germanic *finnaz ‘Sami? Finn?’
Old Norse finnr ‘a hunter-gatherer’
Old English Finnas ‘the Sami’
English Finn
Today it means
adj Of the branch of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Estonian, Karelian, Veps, Livonian, Ingrian and Votic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Finnic