English

Finnish

From Finn + -ish.

A compound of Finn + -ish

Proto-Germanic *finnaz ‘Sami? Finn?’

Old Norse finnr ‘a hunter-gatherer’

Old English Finnas ‘the Sami’

English Finn

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

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