finger
Swedish
/ˈfɪŋɛr/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) a finger (the body part)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish finger inherited from Old Norse fingr inherited from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (finger) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós (fifth).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pénkʷrós
Gloss
fifth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Finger German
- *penkʷrós Proto-Indo-European
- *pénkʷrós Proto-Indo-European
- finger Norwegian Bokmål
- *fingraz Proto-Germanic
- avtryck Swedish
- borg Swedish
- fingeravtryck Swedish
- fingerborg Swedish
- lillfinger Swedish
- liten Swedish
- lång Swedish
- långfinger Swedish
- peka Swedish
- pekfinger Swedish
- ring Swedish
- ringfinger Swedish
- finger Norwegian Nynorsk
- finger Old English
- fingr Old Norse
- finger Danish
- fingur Icelandic
- fingar Old High German
- fingur Faroese
- 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *fingr gmw-pro
- fingar Old Saxon
- finger Old Swedish
- finger Old Frisian
- fyngier Vilamovian