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  • 61Spink — This most unusual and interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and derives from a nickname given in the first instance to someone thought to resemble a finch in some way, perhaps with reference to its brightly coloured plumage or sweet singing… …

    Surnames reference

  • 62NATIVITATE Christi (a) — a NATIVITATE Christi annos numerandi ratio, post Dionysium Exiguum invaluit. Cum enimis saeculô VI. cyclum suum ad Christi Incarnationem accommodâsset, primumque eius annum nominâsset illum, in quo Christus conceptus et natus erat; qui eum… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 63σπίζω — (I) Α εκτείνω, επιμηκύνω. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. σπιδ (για ετυμολ. βλ. λ. σπιδής) + ρηματ. κατάλ. jω]. (II) Α φωνάζω σαν σπίζα, βγάζω τον ήχο σπι σπι. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αβέβαιης ετυμολ. Το ρ. σπίζω (πιθ. < *σπιγγ jω) και το προσηγορικό σπίζα (πιθ. <… …

    Dictionary of Greek

  • 64finch — [fıntʃ] n [: Old English; Origin: finc] a small bird with a short beak …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65finch — O.E. finc, from P.Gmc. *finkiz, *finkjon (Cf. M.L.G., M.Du. vinke, Du. vink, O.H.G. finco, Ger. Fink), perhaps imitative of the bird s note (Cf. Breton pint chaffinch, Rus. penka wren ) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 66finch — noun a seed eating songbird of a large group including the chaffinch, goldfinch, and linnet, typically with a stout bill and colourful plumage. [Many species, especially in family Fringillidae.] Origin OE finc, of W. Gmc origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 67finch — [[t]fɪntʃ[/t]] n. orn any of various small songbirds of the families Emberizidae,Fringillidae, and Estrildidae that have a short conical bill adapted for eating seeds • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE finc …

    From formal English to slang

  • 68Fink — Fink: Der westgerm. Vogelname mhd. vinke, ahd. finc‹h›o, niederl. vink, engl. finch ist elementarverwandt mit der nord. Sippe von schwed. spink »Sperling« und außergerm. z. B. mit griech. spíggos »Fink«, it. pincione »Fink« und frz. pinson »Fink« …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 69finch — /fɪntʃ / (say finch) noun 1. any of numerous small, often strikingly coloured, birds of the family Passeridae, including grassfinches, firetails and mannikins, as the red browed finch, Neochmia temporalis, of eastern Australia; Australian finch.… …

  • 70finki- — *finki , *finkiz, *fenki , *fenkiz germ.? stark. Maskulinum (i): nhd. Fink; ne. finch; Rekontruktionsbasis: ahd.; Hinweis: s. *finkōn; Etymologie: idg. *spingo , *pingo , Subst …

    Germanisches Wörterbuch

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