Where does “Finger” come from?

Finger (German Low German) comes from Old Saxon fingar, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

Finger (German Low German): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “Finger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfingarfinger
2Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
3Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fingraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fingr →