Where does “vunke” come from?

vunke (Middle High German) comes from Old High German funkô, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

vunke (Middle High German): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “vunke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vunke”

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