English

long finger

Long finger comes from Middle English long fynger ‘the middle finger’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Equivalent to long + finger

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’

Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’

Middle English long

English long

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

Every English word from Middle English long fynger

noun The middle finger.

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