Where does “læst finger” come from?

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

læst finger (Old English): pinky, little finger

Definitions

  1. pinky, little finger

Ancestry of “læst finger”, step by step

læst finger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English finger

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

via Old English lǣst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlǣst—
2Proto-Germaniclaisistazsmallest; least
Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fingraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fingr →