Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fingraz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from a putative Proto-Indo-European *penkʷ-ró-s, related to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”) (Proto-Germanic *fimf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸiŋ.ɡrɑz/

Noun

*fingraz m

1. finger

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *fingraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fingraz	*fingrōz, *fingrōs
vocative	*fingr	*fingrōz, *fingrōs
accusative	*fingrą	*fingranz
genitive	*fingras, *fingris	*fingrǫ̂
dative	*fingrai	*fingramaz
instrumental	*fingrō	*fingramiz

Derived terms

• *fingragulþą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fingr
  • Old English: finger
    • Middle English: fynger, finger, vinger, fyngir, fyngur, fyngyr, fiyngir, ffynger
      • English: finger
        • Sranan Tongo: finga
      • Scots: finger
      • Yola: vinger
  • Old Frisian: finger
    • Saterland Frisian: Finger
    • West Frisian: finger
  • Old Saxon: fingar
    • Middle Low German: vinger
      • Low German: Finger
      • Plautdietsch: Finja
  • Old Dutch: fingar
    • Middle Dutch: vinger
      • Dutch: vinger
        • Afrikaans: vinger
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
        • Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
        • →? Aukan: finga
        • →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
        • →? Sranan Tongo: finga
          • → Saramaccan: fingá
      • Limburgish: vinger, vènger
  • Old High German: fingar
    • Middle High German: vinger
      • Alemannic German:
        • Swabian: Fengr
      • Bavarian: Finga
        • Cimbrian: vingar, bingar (Mezzaselva)
      • Central Franconian:
        • Hunsrik: Finger
        • Luxembourgish: Fanger
      • German: Finger
      • Vilamovian: fyngier
      • Yiddish: פֿינגער (finger)
• Old Norse: fingr
  • Icelandic: fingur
  • Faroese: fingur
  • Norwegian: finger
  • Old Swedish: finger
    • Swedish: finger
  • Old Danish: fingær
    • Danish: finger
  • Gutnish: finggar, finggur
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs)