Where does “forefynger” come from?

forefynger (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.

forefynger (Middle English): The index finger finger between the thumb and middle finger

Definitions

  1. The index finger finger between the thumb and middle finger

Ancestry of “forefynger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfyngerA finger; The toes; Something unimportant, small,...
2Old Englishfingerfinger
3Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
4Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—

Words derived from “forefynger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fingraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fingr →