Finne
Finne
Inflection of Finne (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Finne | Finnet | |
genitive | Finnen | Finnejen | |
partitive | Finneä | Finnejä | |
illative | Finneen | Finneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Finne | Finnet | |
accusative | nom. | Finne | Finnet |
gen. | Finnen | ||
genitive | Finnen | Finnejen Finnein rare | |
partitive | Finneä | Finnejä | |
inessive | Finnessä | Finneissä | |
elative | Finnestä | Finneistä | |
illative | Finneen | Finneihin | |
adessive | Finnellä | Finneillä | |
ablative | Finneltä | Finneiltä | |
allative | Finnelle | Finneille | |
essive | Finnenä | Finneinä | |
translative | Finneksi | Finneiksi | |
abessive | Finnettä | Finneittä | |
instructive | — | Finnein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Middle Low German finne, vinne, from Old Saxon *finna, from Proto-Germanic *finnō. More at fin.
Finne f (genitive Finne, plural Finnen)
Compare Early New High German vinne (“pimple”), Middle Low German vinne, Middle Dutch vinne (Dutch vin); all share meanings related “pointed, sharp” (as in a point protruding from the skin), so relation with Finne (“fin”) is possible. The “larva” meaning arises from larvae under the skin of animals looking like raised bumps or pimples.
Finne f (genitive Finne, plural Finnen)
Borrowed from Swedish finne, from Old Norse Finnr (“Finn”). Related to Old English Finnas.
Finne m (weak, genitive Finnen, plural Finnen, feminine Finnin)