Where does “citroensijs” come from?

citroensijs (Dutch) comes from Dutch citroen, from Middle French citron, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

citroensijs (Dutch): citril finch (Carduelis citrinella)

Definitions

  1. citril finch (Carduelis citrinella)

Ancestry of “citroensijs”, step by step

citroensijs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch citroen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchcitroenA lemon; The lemon tree, "Citrus limon"
2Middle Frenchcitron—
3Latincī̆truscitron tree
4Greekκέδροςcedar
5Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

via Dutch sijs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsijssiskin, any member of the genus "Spinus";...
2Middle Dutchsiseken—
3Middle Low Germansisek—
4Proto-SlavicčižьEurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος →