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
Ancestry of “Fink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Frisian | fink | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | finkiz | finch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pingos | chaffinch |