Where does “finger” come from?
finger (Middle English) comes from Middle English fynger, from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.
finger (Middle English): Alternative form of fynger
Definitions
- Alternative form of fynger
Ancestry of “finger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fynger | A finger; The toes; Something unimportant, small,... |
| 2 | Old English | finger | finger |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |
Words derived from “finger”