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
- A bird having a melodious song or call
Ancestry of “songbird”, 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 | — |
Words derived from “songbird”