Where does “vink” come from?

vink (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vink, from Middle Dutch vinke, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

vink (Afrikaans): A finch

Definitions

  1. A finch

Ancestry of “vink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvinkA chaffinch; One of many other birds of the...
2Middle Dutchvinke—
3Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “vink”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Proto-Germanic finkiz →Every word from Middle Dutch vinke →