Where does “finger” come from?

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

finger (Old English): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “finger”, step by step

finger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic fingr

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

via Proto-Germanic *fingr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*fingr—

Words derived from “finger”

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