English

fingerbone

From finger + bone.

A compound of finger + bone

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‘straight’

Proto-Germanic *bainą ‘bone, leg’

Proto-West Germanic *bain ‘bone’

Old English bān ‘bone’

Middle English bon ‘bone’

English bone

Today it means

noun A bone in the finger.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fingerbone