Finn

/ˈfɪn/

Finn

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American (Lessac) (medium)

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American (Amy) (medium)

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American (Ryan) (medium)

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Definition

A national of Finland.

Etymology

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.