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Where does “fingur” come from?

fingur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

fingur (Icelandic): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “fingur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefingrfinger
2Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—

Words derived from “fingur”

  • baugfingur
  • vísifingur
  • þumalfingur
  • fingurbjörg
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