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*funkōspark
2Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic funkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *funkō →