fidig : finger
The Illunse word for finger is fidig. Fidig mac Feicca was chieftain of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of early Irish literature.
This word is a mixture the Old English word for finger which is finger (same as Modern English), and the Latin word digitus (finger; toe).
fidigas : fingers
The Illunse word for fingers (nominative plural) is fidigas.
Fingers in Latin is digiti. Fingers in Old English is fingras.
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