Where does “stiglitze” come from?

stiglitze (Middle High German) comes from Old Czech stehlec, from Old Czech -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “stiglitze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechstehlecgoldfinch (bird)
2Old Czech-ecforms masculine nouns
3Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьcь →Every word from Lithuanian -ikas →