Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*fink” come from?
*fink (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.
Ancestry of “*fink”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
finkiz
finch
2
Proto-Indo-European
(s)pingos
chaffinch
Words derived from “*fink”
vinke
fink
fink
fink
bofink
bergfink
grönfink
bjørkefink
bjørkefink
dårfink
pilfink
rosenfink
smilfink
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