The story
- Old English · inherited fromgoldfinċ
- Middle English · inherited fromgoldfinch
- English todaygoldfinch
From Middle English goldfinch, goldfynch, goldefynch, from Old English goldfinċ, equivalent to gold + finch. Compare West Frisian goudfink (“goldfinch”), Dutch goudvink (“bullfinch”), German Goldfink (“goldfinch”), Danish guldfink (“goldfinch”), Icelandic gullfinka (“goldfinch”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.