Where does “mezfingro” come from?
mezfingro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fingro, 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.
mezfingro (Esperanto): middle finger
Definitions
- middle finger
Ancestry of “mezfingro”, step by step
mezfingro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto fingro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | fingro | finger |
| 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 Esperanto meza
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | meza | middle, central; medium |
| 2 | Esperanto | mezo | middle |
| 3 | Italian | mezzo | half, middle; means, method; vehicle |
| 4 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 5 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 6 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |