Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/funkō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *funkōn (“to sparkle”) +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*funkō m

spark

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*funkō
Genitive	funkini, funkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*funkō	*funkan
Accusative	*funkan	*funkan
Genitive	funkini, funkan	*funkanō
Dative	funkini, funkan	*funkum
Instrumental	funkini, funkan	*funkum

Related terms

*finkan

Descendants

Old English: *funca
- Middle English: funke, fonke
  - English: funk
  - ⇒? English: spunk (possibly blent with spark)
  - ⇒? Scots: spunk, sponk (possibly blent with spark)
Old Frisian: *funka
- Saterland Frisian: Funke
- West Frisian: fonk, fûnk
Old Saxon: *funko
- Middle Low German: vunke
  - German Low German: Funk
  - Low German: Fonk
  - → Danish: funke
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: funke
Old Dutch: *funko
- Middle Dutch: vonke
  - Dutch: vonk
  - Limburgish: vónk
Old High German: funcho, funko, funco
- Middle High German: vunke
  - German: Funke
  - Luxembourgish: Fonk
  - Yiddish: פֿונק (funk)