Where does “goldfinċ” come from?

goldfinċ (Old English) comes from Old English gold, from Proto-Germanic gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

goldfinċ (Old English): goldfinch bird

Definitions

  1. goldfinch bird

Ancestry of “goldfinċ”, step by step

goldfinċ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgoldgold
2Proto-Germanicgulþągold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Old English finċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfinċfinch
2Proto-Germanicfinkizfinch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “goldfinċ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic gulþą →