Re: fingers

The short answer is no.  Like almost all Semitic words, the finger names
are derived from roots, eg the name for thumb is derived from the root
GDL = big.  But to a modern Hebrew ear the names don't have "meanings"
in the sense you mean!

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> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Shaul Vardi <vardi@A...> wrote:
> >The Hebrew words, from thumb through to the smallest finger, are:
> >agud'al --- Etsb'a?\ --- amm'ah --- qim'tsah --- 'zEREt
>
> Do these words have a meaning other than the names of the fingers,
> e.g., "pointer," "middle," etc.?  If so, they might be a good source
> for naming the fingers in conlangs.
>
> Charlie
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