Where does “ring fingernail” come from?
ring fingernail (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.
ring fingernail (English): The nail of the ring finger
Definitions
- The nail of the ring finger
Ancestry of “ring fingernail”, step by step
ring fingernail 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 ring finger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ring finger | The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.) |