Where does “פֿונק” come from?

פֿונק (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German vunke, from Old High German funkô, from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic funkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- — to shine.

פֿונק (Yiddish): spark

Definitions

  1. spark

Ancestry of “פֿונק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvunkespark
2Old High Germanfunkô—
3Proto-West Germanic*funkōspark
4Proto-Germanicfunkôspark
5Proto-Indo-European(s)peng-to shine

Words derived from “פֿונק”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic funkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *funkō →