English

finray

From fin + ray.

A compound of fin + ray

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīn- ‘backbone, dorsal fin’

Proto-Germanic *finnō

Old English finn

Middle English fin

English fin

Latin radius ‘staff’

Old French rai ‘beam’

English ray

Today it means

noun A lepidotrichium.

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