Where does “fynch” come from?

fynch (Middle English) comes from Old English finċ, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

fynch (Middle English): finch

Definitions

  1. finch

Ancestry of “fynch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfinċfinch
2Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “fynch

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingosEvery word from Proto-Germanic finkizEvery word from Old English finċ