Where does “Finger” come from?

Finger (German) comes from Middle High German vinger, from Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

Finger (German): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “Finger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvingerfinger
2Old High Germanfingarfinger
3Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
4Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—

Words derived from “Finger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós →