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Where does “vinke” come from?

vinke (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

Ancestry of “vinke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “vinke”

  • fink
  • ratfink
  • distelvink
  • vink
  • vink
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