vinger
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch vinger, from Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vinger (plural vingers)
Derived terms edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
vinger c
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch vinger, from Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.
Noun edit
vinger m (plural vingers or vingeren, diminutive vingertje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: vinger
- Berbice Creole Dutch: finggri
- Negerhollands: vinger, fiṅgu, finger
- →? Aukan: finga
- →? Caribbean Hindustani: ungri
- →? Sranan Tongo: finga
- → Saramaccan: fingá
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vinger
- inflection of vingeren:
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.
Noun edit
vinger m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “vingher”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vinger”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Noun edit
vinger
- Alternative form of fynger
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German fingar, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós.
Noun edit
vinger m
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Alemannic German:
- Swabian: Fengr
- Bavarian: Finga
- German: Finger
- Luxembourgish: Fanger
- Vilamovian: fyngier
- Yiddish: פֿינגער (finger)
References edit
- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
- “vinger” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
vinger m
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fynger, from Old English finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vinger
- finger
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 53:
- Lethel vinger.
- Little finger.
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75