Where does “finger” come from?

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

Ancestry of “finger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
2Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós

Words derived from “finger

Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrósEvery word from Proto-Germanic fingrazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic fingr