fingr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. Compare Old English finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs).
Noun edit
fingr m
Declension edit
Declension of fingr (strong consonant stem, ar-genitive)
Descendants edit
- Faroese: fingur
- Icelandic: fingur
- Norwegian: finger
- Old Swedish: finger, ᚠᛁᚿᚵᚽᚱ
- Swedish: finger
- Danish: finger
References edit
- “fingr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press