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Also, “pinky finger” is from the Dutch word “pink” for “little finger”.

Thumb is from “tum”, a Proto-Indo-European word “for ‘swelling’ (cf ‘tumour’ and ‘thigh’) since the thumb is the stoutest of the fingers.”

Thus endeth the etymology-of-finger-names lesson for today.

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