Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “vinger” come from?

vinger (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

Ancestry of “vinger”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vinger”

  • Fingerknöchel
  • Fingerabdruck
  • Zwölffingerdarm
  • Fingerspitzengefühl
  • Fingerspitze
  • Halbfingerhandschuh
  • Fingerhandschuh
  • Fingerhut
  • Fingerfertigkeit
  • fingerfertig
  • Fingerhakeln
  • Mittelfinger
  • kleiner Finger
  • Zeigefinger
  • Ringfinger
  • Finger
  • Fingernagel
  • fingrumi
  • alfingrigi
  • fingropinto
  • fingro
  • terpomfingro
  • terpomfingroj
  • piedfingro
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