finch
English
/fɪntʃ/
noun
Definitions
- Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fynche inherited from Old English finċ (finch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *finkiz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (chaffinch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pingos
Gloss
chaffinch
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Finchley English
- bull English
- bullfinch English
- chaff English
- chaffinch English
- cow English
- cowfinch English
- fallow English
- fallowfinch English
- finchlike English
- fire English
- firefinch English
- gold English
- goldfinch English
- green English
- greenfinch English
- parrot English
- parrotfinch English
- pine English
- pinefinch English
- pink English
- red English
- redfinch English
- rose English
- rosefinch English
- scare-bullfinch English
- snow English
- snowfinch English
- storm English
- stormfinch English
- Bergfink German
- Buchfink German
- Fink German
- Finkenvogel German
- Zebrafink German
- bloedvink Dutch, Flemish
- distelvink Dutch, Flemish
- goudvink Dutch, Flemish
- luistervink Dutch, Flemish
- vink Dutch, Flemish
- pinson French
- пе́нка Russian
- пеночка Russian
- *(s)pingos Proto-Indo-European
- fink Norwegian Bokmål
- finke Norwegian Bokmål
- *finkiz Proto-Germanic
- fink Norwegian Nynorsk
- finc Old English
- finċ Old English
- फिङ्गक Sanskrit
- fynche Middle English
- goldfinch Middle English
- pinc Welsh
- vinke Middle Dutch
- finco Old High German
- vink Afrikaans
- vinke Middle High German
- vinke Middle Low German
- finko Cimbrian
- vinkh Cimbrian
- *fink Old Frisian
- *spinga Proto-Albanian
- Dischdelfink Pennsylvania German
- Fink Pennsylvania German
- *pincio Gaulish