Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/funkô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Two possibilities have been proposed:

From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂un-, oblique stem of *péh₂wr̥ (“fire”).
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸuŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*funkô m

spark

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *funkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*funkô	*funkaniz
vocative	*funkô	*funkaniz
accusative	*funkanų	*funkanunz
genitive	*funkiniz	*funkanǫ̂
dative	*funkini	*funkammaz
instrumental	*funkinē	*funkammiz

Descendants

Old English: *funca
- Middle English: funke, fonke
  - English: funk; spunk; punk
    - → Scots: spunk, sponk
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: vunke
Old Dutch: *funko
- Middle Dutch: vonke
  - Dutch: vonk
Old High German: funko, funco
- Middle High German: vunke
  - German: Funke
  - Luxembourgish: Fonk
  - Yiddish: פֿונק‎ (funk)

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