Given name & surname · also Yiddish
Finkelstein
“spark”
Finkelstein is a surname from Yiddish, ultimately from Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Finkelstein goes back to Old High German funko, meaning “spark.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Finkelstein comes from Yiddish, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Yiddish פֿינקעלשטיין, from Old High German funko (“spark”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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