finnskr

Old Norse

Etymology

Finnr (Finn, Sami) +‎ -skr

Adjective

finnskr

  1. Finnish (pertaining to Finland, its language or people)
  2. Sami (pertaining to the Sami peoples, their languages or cultures)

Descendants

  • Danish: finsk
  • Faroese: finskur
  • Icelandic: finnskur
  • Norwegian:
  • Swedish: finsk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “finnskr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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