English
Finkel
Finkel comes from Yiddish פֿינקל ‘spark’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *funkô.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*funkô‘spark’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050funko
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vunke‘spark’
- Yiddishmodernפֿונקfunk‘spark’
- Yiddish, derivedmodernפֿינקלfinkl‘spark’
- Germanc. 1650–presentFinkel
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*funkô‘spark’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050funko
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vunke‘spark’
- Yiddishmodernפֿונקfunk‘spark’
- Yiddish, derivedmodernפֿינקלfinkl‘spark’
- Germanc. 1650–presentFinkel
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
fire, bureau, poppy, fiery, burrito, bertram, pyre, pyro, pyrite, burro, 16 more
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *funkô / Finkel