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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1851

Root / lemma: (s)pingo-

English meaning: sparrow, finch

German meaning: `Sperling, Fink', vom piependen Laute

Material: Gr. (Hes. ), (*_) `Fink' (a"hnlich , , `Fink'), : m. `Sperber' (Bed. `Sperlingsto"s|er' wie in nhd. Sperber: ahd. sparo `Sperling'), `piepe'; schwed. spink, spikke `kleiner Vogel, Sperling u. a". ', engl. (aus dem Nord. ) spink `Fink'; ai. phin|gaka- m. `ein best. Vogel, der gabelschwa"nzige Wu"rger' (Bed. wie in , s. o. );

    daneben ohne anlaut. s- ahd. fincho, ags. finc, engl. finch `Fink', davon unabha"ngige Schallbezeichnung in frz. pinson, ital. pincione, span, pinzon, wie wohl auch in schwed. pink `Sperling', engl. dial. pink, pinch `Fink'.

References: WP. II 682.

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