Where does “Zitronenzeisig” come from?

Zitronenzeisig (German) comes from German zitrone, from Italian citrone, from Latin citron, from Ancient Greek κίτρον, from Latin citrum, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

Zitronenzeisig (German): citril finch

Definitions

  1. citril finch

Ancestry of “Zitronenzeisig”, step by step

Zitronenzeisig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zitrone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzitronelemon fruit
2Italiancitronecitron
3Latincitron
4Ancient Greekκίτρονfruit of the citron tree
5Latincitrumnominative neuter singular of citer; accusative...
6Latincī̆truscitron tree
7Greekκέδροςcedar
8Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

via German Zeisig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeisigsiskin, especially the Eurasian siskin
2Middle High Germanziseca siskin
3Proto-SlavicčižьEurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος