Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *finkizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_finkiz
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Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru OnlineRichard J.ThomasGareth A.BevanPatrick J.DonovanAndrewHawkeUniversity of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies1950Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woordenPieter A. F.van VeenNicolinevan der SijsVan Dale Lexicografie1997pincfinch, chaffinch; but with unexplained retention of initial p-σπίγγοςchaffinch*(s)ping-i-s
nounmasculinei-stemfinchPossibly 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, ‘chaffinch’), Welsh pinc (‘finch, chaffinch; but with unexplained retention of initial p-’) Thomas et al. 1950, and Russian пе́нка (pénka, ‘leaf-warbler’).