Where does “deigt” come from?
deigt (Norman) comes from Old French doit, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.
deigt (Norman): finger
Ancestry of “deigt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | doit | finger |
| 2 | Latin | digitus | a finger, toe, digit; a twig |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |