Where does “vonke” come from?

vonke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch funko, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

vonke (Middle Dutch): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “vonke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfunko—
2Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

Words derived from “vonke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic funkô →Every word from Old Dutch funko →