Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To hunt for finches, to go finching.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis). · Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. · Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae. · A woman.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *(s)píngis Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
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