Where does “fynche” come from?

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

fynche (Middle English): finch

Definitions

  1. finch

Ancestry of “fynche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfinċfinch
2Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Proto-Germanic finkiz →Every word from Old English finċ →