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The first half finn may refer to a people, or roaming hunters and fishers.
The second half may be Old Swedished/ede(“road”) referring to Lagastigen, or Old Swedishhed(“forest area”). The contemporary form comes from early folk etymological associations with ved(“woods”).
Jordanes (p.551 CE) De origine actibusque Getarum (in Latin): “Post hos Ahelmil, Finnaithae, Fervir, Ganthigoth, acre hominum genus et at bella prumtissimum.”
