Where does “Funke” come from?

Funke (English) comes from German Funke, from Middle High German funke, from Old High German funkô, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

Ancestry of “Funke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFunkespark
2Middle High Germanfunke
3Old High Germanfunkô
4Proto-West Germanic*funkōspark
5Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
6Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng-