Where does “finch” come from?
Finch comes from Old English finċ, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos.
finch (English): Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating...
Definitions
- Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating...
Ancestry of “finch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | fynch | — |
| 2 | Old English | finċ | finch |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | finkiz | finch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pingos | chaffinch |
Words derived from “finch”