finch

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English

A finch, Fringilla coelebs

Etymology

    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-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”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    finch (plural finches)

    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.

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    Verb

    finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)

    1. To hunt for finches, to go finching.

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    Middle English

    Noun

    finch

    1. Alternative form of fynch
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