Where does “fingernailful” come from?
fingernailful (English) comes from English fingernail, from English finger, from German Finger, from Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.
fingernailful (English): Enough to be stored under one's fingernail
Definitions
- Enough to be stored under one's fingernail
Ancestry of “fingernailful”, step by step
fingernailful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fingernail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fingernail | The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip... |
| 2 | English | finger | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals |
| 3 | German | Finger | finger |
| 4 | Middle High German | vinger | finger |
| 5 | Old High German | fingar | finger |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |