Where does “lǣċefinger” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lǣċefinger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfingerfinger
2Proto-West Germanicfingrfinger
3Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic fingraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fingr →
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