Etymology Explorer
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Where does “funko” come from?
funko (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.
Ancestry of “funko”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
funkô
spark
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)peng-
to shine
Words derived from “funko”
vonke
vonk
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