*fingraz

Runic: ᚠᛁᚾᚷᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸiŋ.ɡrɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

finger

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *penkw-ró-s, from root *penkʷ- (‘fist; to take in hand, to handle’), with typical *e > *i before a nasal + consonant, and delabialization of the final consonant before Verner’s Law applied (Kroonen 2013). Related to Proto-Indo-European *pénkwe (‘five’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fingrazfingrōz, fingrōs
Acc.fingrąfingranz
Gen.fingras, fingrisfingrǫ̂
Dat.fingraifingramaz
Inst.fingrōfingramiz
Voc.fingrfingrōz, fingrōs

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Descendants

  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fingar (Old Dutch)
      • vinger (Middle Dutch)
        • vinger, vènger (Limburgish)
  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fingar (Old Dutch)
      • vinger (Middle Dutch)
        • vinger (Dutch)
          • vinger (Afrikaans)
  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • finger (Old English)
      • fynger, ffynger, finger, fiyngir, fyngir, fyngre, fyngur, fyngyr, vinger (Middle English)
        • finger (English)
        • finger (Scots)
  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • finger (Old Frisian)
      • Finger (Saterland Frisian)
      • finger (West Frisian)
  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fingar (Old High German)
      • vinger (Middle High German)
        • Finger (German)
        • fyngier (Vilamovian)
        • פֿינגער (finger) (Yiddish)
  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fingar (Old High German)
      • vinger (Middle High German)
        • Finga (Bavarian)
        • Finger (German)
        • Fanger (Luxembourgish)
        • Fengr (Swabian)
  • *fingr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fingar (Old Saxon)
      • vinger (Middle Low German)
        • Finger (Low German)
        • Finja (Plautdietsch)
  • fingr (Old Norse)
    • fingur (Faroese)
    • fingur (Icelandic)
    • finger (Norwegian)
  • fingr (Old Norse)
    • fingær (Old Danish)
      • finger (Danish)
  • fingr (Old Norse)
    • finger (Old Swedish)
      • finger (Swedish)
  • 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs) (Gothic)

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