Where does “finger” come from?

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

finger (Swedish): a finger

Definitions

  1. a finger

Ancestry of “finger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishfingerfinger
2Old Norsefingrfinger
3Proto-Germanicfingrazfinger
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpenkʷrós—

Words derived from “finger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós →