French guigner

← English wink (cognate)

← French guigne (suffix)

← French er (suffix)

← French guignol (link)

← French guignon (link)

← Old French guignier (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *winkaną (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *weng- (derived)

→ French guignol (mention)

→ French cligner (mention)

→ French guignon (mention)

→ Italian ghignare (borrowed)