Where does “birdsong” come from?
Birdsong comes from English bird and song, with bird tracing to Middle English brid, Old English bridd, and Proto-Germanic sangwaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sengʷʰ-.
birdsong (English): A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of...
Definitions
- A vocalisation made by a bird for the purposes of...
Ancestry of “birdsong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | song | A musical composition with lyrics for voice or... |
| 2 | Thai | สอง | 2 |
| 3 | Proto-Tai | soːŋᴬ | — |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 雙 | — |