Where does “fink” come from?
fink (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vinke, from Old Saxon *fink, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.
fink (Swedish): a finch
Ancestry of “fink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | vinke | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *fink | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | finkiz | finch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pingos | chaffinch |
Words derived from “fink”