finch

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
2. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
3. Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

Verb

To hunt for finches, to go finching.

Concetti

fringuello

canarino

cardellino

sinonimi

chaffinch

linnet

bird

🐦

oriole

sparrow

African citril

Traduzioni

pinson

Fink

vink

pinzón

Carduelis

tentilhão

pinsà

σπίζα

σπίνος

boekvink

Buchfink

fringilla

Fringilla

ispinoz

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fɪnt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: fynch

Ereditato da inglese antico: finċ

Affine olandese: vink

Affine tedesco: Fink

Affine gallese: pinc

Affine greco antico: σπίγγος

Affine russo: пе́нка

Affine sanscrito: फिङ्गक

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping-
Proto-Germanic *finkiz
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping-
Proto-Germanic *finkô
Old English finċ
Middle English fynch
English finch
From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).