Etymograph

English

five finger

From five + finger.

A compound of five + finger

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Germanic *fimf

Proto-West Germanic *fimf

Old English fīf

Middle English fyf

English five

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

English finger

Today it means

noun Pseudopanax arboreus, a New Zealand tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches.

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

Etymograph / five finger