where did the name pinky finger come from
Little finger The word "pinky" is derived from the Dutch word pink, meaning "little finger". In some places "pinky" is also a traditional name for the smallest (youngest) child in a family (especially, when father and mother have 3 children).
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
By the Pricking of My Thumbs The title of the book comes from Act 4, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, when the second witch says:
Shekhinah This term does not occur in the Bible, and is from rabbinic literature.[2]:148[3][4]