Where does “fincho” come from?

fincho (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic finkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ping- — small bird, sparrow.

Ancestry of “fincho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfinkôfinch
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ping-small bird, sparrow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ping-Every word from Proto-Germanic finkô