Where does “finger” come from?

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

finger (West Frisian): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “finger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfingerfinger
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 →