Where does “fynch” come from?
fynch (Middle English) comes from Old English finċ, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.
Ancestry of “fynch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | finċ | finch |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | finkiz | finch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pingos | chaffinch |