Where does “ladyfinger cactus” come from?
ladyfinger cactus (English) comes from English ladyfinger, 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.
ladyfinger cactus (English): Echinocereus pentalophus, a cactus of North America
Definitions
- Echinocereus pentalophus, a cactus of North America
Ancestry of “ladyfinger cactus”, step by step
ladyfinger cactus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ladyfinger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ladyfinger | A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a... |
| 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 | — |