Re: fingers
| From: | Elliott Lash <erelion12@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 27, 2005, 13:56 |
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--- Ingmar Roerdinkholder
<ingmar.roerdinkholder@...> wrote:
>
> In Dutch we use the following names:
>
> vinger(s) = finger(s)
> teen, pl tenen = toe(s)
>
> duim = thumb
> wijsvinger
> middelvinger
> ringvinger
> pink
>
> For toes, only : grote teen & kleine teen.
>
> So, the Dutch names are quite similar to the German
> ones, except for
> <pink> in stead of *kleine vinger. I think all other
> Germanic languages
> have the equivalent of "little finger".
> btw <wijsvinger> means the same as Zeigefinger,
> namely pointing finger.
Well, English has "pinky" which seems like it's
related to Dutch "pink".
~ Elliott
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