Where does “Fink” come from?

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

Fink (Pennsylvania German): finch

Definitions

  1. finch

Ancestry of “Fink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High GermanfincoA finch
2Proto-Germanicfinkôfinch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ping-small bird, sparrow

Words derived from “Fink”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ping- →Every word from Proto-Germanic finkô →Every word from Old High German finco →