Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “funcho” come from?

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

funcho (Old High German): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “funcho”, step by step

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

Words derived from “funcho”

  • funkenfrei
  • Funke
  • Zündfunke
  • vunke
  • funke
  • פֿונק
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