Where does “fink” come from?

fink (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian spinga, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

fink (Albanian): finch

Definitions

  1. finch

Ancestry of “fink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianspinga—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Proto-Albanian spinga →