fingerdocce

Old English

Alternative forms
  • fingirdocce

Etymology

From finger + *docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (“strength, power”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfin.ɡerˌdok.ke/, [ˈfiŋ.ɡerˌdok.ke]

Noun

fingerdocce f

  1. finger muscles
  2. (botany) foxglove Digitalis purpurea

Usage notes
  • The exact gender is not known for certain, as the only attested form is in the genitive plural as fingirdoccana, fingirdoccuna, fingirdocuna; but it is assumed feminine due to analogy of the second element, *docce, with related terms in Old Saxon and Old High German.
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