Finkel

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginGerman Finkel ← Yiddish פֿינקל ← Middle High German vunke →
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Meanings

proper nounFinkel (plural Finkels)

plural Finkels · alternative Finkler

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*funkô
  2. Old High Germanfunko
  3. Middle High Germanvunke
  4. Yiddishפֿינקל“spark”
  5. GermanFinkel
  6. EnglishFinkel

Borrowed from German Finkel, from Yiddish פֿינקל (finkl, “spark”), from Middle High German vunke, from Old High German funko, from Proto-Germanic *funkô.

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