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Where does “fingerdocce” come from?

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

fingerdocce (Old English): finger muscles; foxglove "Digitalis purpurea"

Definitions

  1. finger muscles; foxglove "Digitalis purpurea"

Ancestry of “fingerdocce”, step by step

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