Where does “songbird” come from?

Songbird combines English song with bird, tracing back through Middle English brid and Old English bridd to Proto-Germanic sangwaz and Proto-Indo-European sengʷʰ-.

songbird (English): A bird having a melodious song or call

Definitions

  1. A bird having a melodious song or call

Ancestry of “songbird”, step by step

songbird traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English song

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsongA musical composition with lyrics for voice or...
2Thaiสอง2
3Proto-Taisoːŋᴬtwo
4Middle Chinese雙—

via English bird

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbirdA member of the class of animals Aves in the...
2Middle Englishbrida young bird, a bird in general; Alternative form...
3Old Englishbriddyoung bird, chick; chicken

Words derived from “songbird”

Every word from Middle Chinese 雙 →Every word from Proto-Tai soːŋᴬ →Every word from Thai สอง →