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Where does “scytelfinger” come from?

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

scytelfinger (Old English): forefinger

Definitions

  1. forefinger

Ancestry of “scytelfinger”, step by step

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