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Where does “lillefinger” come from?

lillefinger (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål finger, from Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.

lillefinger (Norwegian Bokmål): a :little finger

Definitions

  1. a :little finger

Ancestry of “lillefinger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfingera finger
2Old Norsefingrfinger
3Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—
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