Etymology

siskin

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Today it means: A small green and yellow European finch, Spinus spinus. Full definition →

German Sisschen ← Middle High German zīsec ← Proto-Slavic *čižь
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  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*čižь
  2. Middle High German · derived fromzīsec
  3. German · derived fromSisschen
  4. English todaysiskin

From dialectal German Sisschen, Zeischen, diminutive form of Middle High German zīsec, apparently ultimately from Proto-Slavic *čižь (compare e.g. Polish czyżyk).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Slavic*čižь all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.