Where does “auðnutittlingur” come from?

auðnutittlingur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tittlingur — any small passerine bird.

auðnutittlingur (Icelandic): common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

Definitions

  1. common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

Ancestry of “auðnutittlingur”, step by step

auðnutittlingur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic tittlingur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictittlingurany small passerine bird

via Icelandic auðna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicauðnafortune, luck
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