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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “*fink

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingosEvery word from Proto-Germanic finkiz