2006-09-23 08:30:36 · 5 answers · asked by kinsmed 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
In the beginning, there was the old Dutch word "pinck," meaning "small." The little finger is known in Dutch today as the "pink," which is indeed the source of our modern "pinkie" finger
2006-09-23 08:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The little finger, often called the pinky in American English from the Dutch word pink, meaning little finger, is the most ulnar and usually smallest finger of the human hand, opposite the thumb, next to the ring finger. It is also called the fifth finger, the baby finger, digitus minimus, digitus quintus, or digitus V in anatomy, or the fourth finger colloquially.
2006-09-23 08:38:43 · answer #2 · answered by MARY L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it caught on after the dutch word for finger
2006-09-23 08:40:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the "brain" was already taken!
2006-09-23 08:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Summer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny
2006-09-23 08:37:33 · answer #5 · answered by amberharris20022000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋