Where does “fanca” come from?

fanca (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

fanca (Old English): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “fanca”, step by step

fanca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic funkô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
2Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

via Proto-Germanic fankô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfankôspark
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pheng-to shine

Words derived from “fanca”

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