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Subject: Re: Why are the Finns called Finns?
Author: Chrisell   (Authenticated as Chrisell)
Date: September 30, 2004 at 11:21:49 PM
Reply to: Re: Why are the Finns called Finns? by Andy
Yeah I know, Finnish isn't an Indo-European language, but Lassia said that the Latin word 'fennia' was the source of 'Finn', and since English and Latin are related there could be a link.

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