Where does “Hoffnungsfunke” come from?

Hoffnungsfunke (German) 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 “Hoffnungsfunke”, step by step

Hoffnungsfunke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Funke

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

via German Hoffnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHoffnunghope, the belief or expectation that something...
2Germanhoffento hope
3Middle High Germanhoffen—
4Old High German*hoffōn—
5Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →
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