Where does “Funke” come from?

Funke (German) comes 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.

Funke (German): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “Funke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Funke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →