Where does “fink” come from?
fink (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian spinga, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.
fink (Albanian): finch
Ancestry of “fink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Albanian | spinga | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pingos | chaffinch |