fyn

Inherited from Old English finn, from Proto-West Germanic *finnā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyh₂-.

• fyne, fynne
• fin (especially Early Middle English)
• vyn, vynne (especially Southern, Southwest Midland)

• IPA^(key): /fin/
• IPA^(key): /vin/ (especially Southern, Southwest Midland)

fyn (plural fynnes or (less common) fyn)

1. A fin (appendage of a fish) or similar organ.
2. A gill or its exterior (as a translation of Old French branche or Latin branchia)

• English: fin
• Middle Scots: fyn
  • Scots: fin

• “fin, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from Old French fin, from Latin finis.

• IPA^(key): /fiːn/

fyn

1. fine

• English: fine
• Yola: fhyne

• “fīn, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /fin/

fyn

1. fine

• “fyn”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011