English
finfolk
From fin + folk.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- ‘backbone, dorsal fin’
Proto-Germanic *finnō
Old English finn
Middle English fin
English fin
Proto-Germanic *fulką ‘troop, army’
Proto-West Germanic *folk ‘military, army, troop’
Old English folc ‘the people, especially the common people’
Middle English folk ‘people, folk’
English folk
Today it means
noun Sorcerous shapeshifters of the sea in Orkney folklore.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / finfolk