An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Finte

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Finte
Friedrich Kluge2508225An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — Finte1891John Francis Davis

Finte, f., lit. ‘feint,’ also ‘trick, fib,’ first occurs in ModHG., from Ital. finta, ‘cunning’ (Fr. feinte).