Where does “fonke” come from?

fonke (Middle English) comes from Old English funca, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

fonke (Middle English): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “fonke”, step by step

fonke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English funca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfuncaspark
2Proto-West Germanic*funkōspark
3Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
4Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

via Old English fanca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfancaspark
2Proto-Germanicfankôspark
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pheng-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic funkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *funkō →