Linguistically, it appears that the original sense was to include the thumb as a finger: the word is derived from *‍ penkwe-ros ( also rendered as * penqrós ) which was, in the inferred Proto-Indo-European language, a suffixed form of * penkwe ( or * penqe ), " five ", which has given rise to many Indo-European-family words ( tens of them defined in English dictionaries ) that involve or flow from concepts of fiveness.

Linguistically, it appears that the original sense was the broader of these two: penkwe-ros ( also rendered as penqrós ) was, in the inferred Proto-Indo-European language, a suffixed form of penkwe ( or penqe ), which has given rise to many Indo-European-family words ( tens of them defined in English dictionaries ) that involve or flow from concepts of fiveness.

Linguistically speaking, the Pashto Language itself contains many ancient Greek words now virtually extinct from modern day Greek.

Linguistically, many words of Lakeland speech relate to sheep husbandry.

Linguistically, " Chineke " is formed from the Igbo words " Chi " and " eke " (" spirit and creator ").

Linguistically, the association of horse ownership with social status extends back at least as far as ancient Greece, where many aristocratic names incorporated the Greek word for horse, like Hipparchus and Xanthippe ; the character Pheidippides in Aristophanes ' Clouds has his grandfather's name with hipp-inserted to sound more aristocratic.

Linguistically, in the U. S., American English usage of bona fides applies it as synonymous with credentials, professional background, and documents attesting a person's identity, which is not synonymous with bona fide occupational qualifications.

Linguistically Bel is an East Semitic form cognate with Northwest Semitic Ba ‘ al with the same meaning.

Linguistically, it is, together with Ingush and Bats, a member of the Nakh branch of the Northeast Caucasian language family.

Linguistically, the Ethnologue identifies the present-day Albanian / Arvanitic dialects of Northwestern Greece ( in Epirus and Lechovo ) with those of the Chams, and therefore classifies them together with standard Tosk Albanian, as opposed to " Arvanitika Albanian proper " ( i. e. southern Greek-Arvanitika ).

Linguistically, the Oghuz are listed together with the old Kimaks of the middle Yenisei of the Ob, the old Kipchaks who later emigrated to southern Russia, and the modern Kirghiz in one particular Turkic group, distinguished from the rest by the mutation of the initial y sound to j ( dj ).

Linguistically, they were associated with the Conchos Indians of northern Chihuahua and northwestern Coahuila.

Linguistically, 45 % of residents list French as their mother tongue, 8 % list English, and 47 % list neither English nor French, with large groups speaking Spanish, Italian, Greek and Arabic.

Linguistically, Madang province is typified by a large number of very small language groups, many with fewer than 1, 000 people.

Linguistically Old Frankish gradually evolved into Old Dutch, which was first attested in the 6th century, whereas religiously the Franks ( beginning with the upper class ) converted to Christianity from around 500 to 700.

Linguistically, it shared many features in common with early Shuadit ( Judaeo-Provençal ), although historically, ethnically and politically, the Catalanic-speaking community was long distinct from the Shuadit-speaking community, mostly as a result of the Moorish occupation of Iberia.

Linguistically Limburg was situated on the border of Germanic with Romance Europe.

Linguistically, there is a close connection between the terms for stir frying in Malaysian ( char ) and Khmer ( chhar ), a legacy of the early Chinese settlers who brought the techniques of both noodle making with rice as well as stir frying with them to the region.

Linguistically their language, together with the Altai language, belongs to a separate Kirghiz group of the Turkic language family.

Linguistically, the Kwanlin Dün are affiliated with the Southern Tutchone Tribal Council.

Linguistically though, the dialect has more in common with the dialect of Fujian Province.

Linguistically Mecklenburgers retain and use many features of Low German vocabulary or phonology.

Linguistically, the text is the oldest document written in a Romance language, and specifically in a form of French.

Linguistically, the Samoan language is part of the Austronesian language family.

Linguistically, Coast Salish groups in the area consist of the Nooksack, Northern Straits ( which includes the Lummi, Klallam, Saanich, and Songhees dialects.

Linguistically, in developing American English, in the early editions of A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language ( 1806 ), lexicographer Noah Webster suggested the neger new spelling in place of negro.

Linguistically, the popular press reporting and discussing Fuhrman's testimony substituted the N-word in place of nigger.

Linguistically, it can refer to the accent and form of English spoken by this group.

Linguistically, the name of both rivers, Weser and Werra, goes back to the same source, the differentiation being caused by the old linguistic border between Upper und Lower German, which touched the region of Hannoversch Münden.

Linguistically, Bactrian language was closely related to modern-day Pashto and Yidgha-Munji, and to the now-extinct Middle Iranian languages of the region.

Linguistically, the Canaanite languages form a group within the Northwest Semitic languages ; its best-known member today is the Hebrew language, being mostly known from Iron Age epigraphy.

Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family.

Linguistically, the two main language families in India are Indo-Aryan ( a branch of Indo-European ) and Dravidian.

Linguistically the term " Aztecan " is still used about the branch of the Uto-Aztecan languages ( also sometimes called the yuto-nahuan languages ) that includes the Nahuatl language and its closest relatives Pochutec and Pipil.

Linguistically, only modern-day Ossetic and Pashto as well as Yaghnobi and Pamiri languages are similar to old Eastern Iranic languages once spoken by Scythians.

Linguistically and culturally speaking, the Hmong and the other sub-groups of the Miao have little in common.

Linguistically, they were divided into Oscans, Umbrians and Latins.

Linguistically, they are speakers of multiple Western Desert Languages.

Linguistically, Nilotic people are divided into three sub-groups: Eastern Nilotic, Southern Nilotic and Western Nilotic.

Linguistically they are usually regarded as Thracian or as Iranian, or at least to have had an Iranian ruling class.

Linguistically, Platt can be further subdivided into three varieties, going from east to west: Rhenish Franconian, Moselle Franconian, and Luxembourgish.