*finkiz

Runic: ᚠᛁᚾᚲᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸiŋ.kiz/

noun · masculine · i-stem

Meanings

finch

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping-i-s from *(s)ping- (‘small bird, chaffinch’), likely of onomatopoeic origin. The s-mobile appears to be active in Proto-Germanic in Swedish spink (‘sparrow, small slender bird’), Norwegian spikke (a kind of bird), and English dialectal spink (‘chaffinch’) (van Veen & van der Sijs 1997). Possible cognates include Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos) (spíngos, ‘chaffinch’), Welsh pinc (‘finch, chaffinch; but with unexplained retention of initial p-’) (Thomas et al. 1950), and Russian пе́нка (pénka, ‘leaf-warbler’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.finkizfinkīz
Acc.finkįfinkinz
Gen.finkīzfinkijǫ̂
Dat.finkīfinkimaz
Inst.finkīfinkimiz
Voc.finkifinkīz

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Descendants

  • *finki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fink (Old Dutch)
      • vink (Middle Dutch)
        • vink (Dutch)
  • *finki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • finc, finċ (Old English)
      • fink, fynche, fynch, finch (Middle English)
        • finch (English)
        • phink, finch (Scots)
  • *finki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fink (Old Frisian)
      • Fink (Saterland Frisian)
      • fink (West Frisian)
  • *finki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • finc, fink (Old High German)
  • *finki (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *fink (Old Saxon)
      • vink (Middle Low German)
        • finke (Danish)
        • Fink (Low German)
        • finke (Norwegian Bokmål)
        • fink (Swedish)

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