Where does “fingō” come from?

fingō (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

fingō (Latin): to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)

Definitions

  1. to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)

Ancestry of “fingō”, step by step

fingō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

via Proto-Italic *fingō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*fingōto knead, form

Words derived from “fingō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →