Where does “Finkel” come from?

Finkel (German) comes from Yiddish פֿונק, from Middle High German vunke, from Old High German funkô, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

Ancestry of “Finkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿונקspark
2Middle High Germanvunkespark
3Old High Germanfunkô—
4Proto-West Germanic*funkōspark
5Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
6Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

Words derived from “Finkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic funkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *funkō →