Where does “bjørkefink” come from?

bjørkefink (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fink, from Middle Low German vinke, from Old Saxon *fink, from Proto-Germanic finkiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

bjørkefink (Norwegian Bokmål): brambling, the bird "Fringilla montifringilla"

Definitions

  1. brambling, the bird "Fringilla montifringilla"

Ancestry of “bjørkefink”, step by step

bjørkefink traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fink

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfinka bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches
2Middle Low Germanvinke—
3Old Saxon*fink—
4Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

via Norwegian Bokmål bjørk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbjørka birch; birch
2Old Norsebjǫrkbirch, birch tree
3Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Proto-Germanic finkiz →Every word from Old Saxon *fink →