Where does “funkeln” come from?

funkeln (German) comes from Middle High German vunkeln, 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.

funkeln (German): to sparkle

Definitions

  1. to sparkle

Ancestry of “funkeln”, step by step

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

Words derived from “funkeln”

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