The First Five Human Words

Through careful study of human language and culture both ancient and modern we can discern the first five words spoken by human ancestors millions of years ago align with the fingers on your hand. They are the following: 

Ba – Father
Ma – Mother
Am – Turn little Ma around to make People 
Baam – Ba takes Ma and turns her around to make the Family Tree
Maab – the Family Tree goes the other direction

The word Am here may be foreign to you if you are not a Hebrew speaker. This word, meaning people or life-forms, is the most used word in the Hebrew Bible, appearing about 1,200 times.

Talk about your fingers to talk about these words.

For example, dad keeps his thumb on things and he is the most useful one. 

Meanwhile, mom is kind of a sissy and only points at danger and that’s why she’s represented by the pointer finger.

Your people are who you really throw a punch with. When humans punch, they often use their middle finger the most as it aligns most naturally with the bones in the arm, providing optimal strength and stability for the punch. This alignment allows for effective transmission of force and minimizes the risk of injury.

Now, you may have already known the pinky was associated to the Mob. Now you know the rest of the fingers story.

Additionally, in ancient languages such as Aramaic and Hebrew, you can pluralize any word by turning Ma around and having the word “pluralize” her from behind.

What you say? What? Around the year 1,000 all this must have got around and caused quite a fuss because the meaning of the word Ma in Hebrew changed from “Mother” to “What / How.”