Where does “funke” come from?

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

funke (Middle English): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “funke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “funke”

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