fingr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Old English finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs).

Noun

fingr m

1. finger

Declension

Declension of fingr (strong consonant stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fingr	fingrinn	fingr	fingrnir
accusative	fingr	fingrinn	fingr	fingrna
dative	fingri	fingrinum	fingrum	fingrunum
genitive	fingrar, fingrs	fingrarins, fingrsins	fingra	fingranna

Descendants

• Faroese: fingur
• Icelandic: fingur
• Norwegian: finger
• Old Swedish: finger, ᚠᛁᚿᚵᚽᚱ
  • Swedish: finger
• Danish: finger

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fingr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive