English

fingerhold

From finger + hold.

A compound of finger + hold

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to tend, herd’

Proto-West Germanic *haldan

Old English healdan

Middle English holden ‘to hold’

English hold

Today it means

noun A grip with the fingers.

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

Etymograph / fingerhold