Finn

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈfɪn/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.

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