Where does “Fink” come from?

Fink (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian fink, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

Fink (Saterland Frisian): finch

Definitions

  1. finch

Ancestry of “Fink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfink—
2Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Proto-Germanic finkiz →Every word from Old Frisian fink →