Where does “funca” come from?

funca (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

funca (Old English): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “funca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*funkōspark
2Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

Words derived from “funca”

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