Where does “vunkeln” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vunkeln”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvunkespark
2Old High Germanfunkô
3Proto-West Germanic*funkōspark
4Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
5Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

Words derived from “vunkeln

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