Where does “fynger” come from?

fynger (Middle English) comes from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

fynger (Middle English): A finger; The toes; Something unimportant, small,...

Definitions

  1. A finger; The toes; Something unimportant, small,...

Ancestry of “fynger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfingerfinger
2Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
3Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—

Words derived from “fynger”

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