(s)pingo-

    (s)pingo-

    English meaning: sparrow, finch

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sperling, Fink”, vom piependen Laute

    Material: Gk. σπίγγος (Hes.), σπίζα (*σπιγγι̯α) “finch” (similarly σπύγγας, σπινθών, σπίνος “finch”), σπιζίᾱς m. ‘sperber” (meaning ‘sperlingstößer” as in Ger. Sperber: O.H.G. sparo ‘sparrow”), σπίζω “piepe”; Swe. spink, spikke ‘small bird, sparrow under ä.”, Eng. (from dem Nord.) spink “finch”; O.Ind.phiŋgaka- m. “ein best. bird, the gabelschwänzige Wũrger” (meaning as in σπιζίας, see above); besides without anlaut. s- O.H.G. fincho, O.E. finc, Eng. finch “finch”, therefrom independent onomatopoeic words Schallbezeichnung in Fr. pinson, Ital. pincione, span, pinzon, as probably also in Swe. pink ‘sparrow”, Eng. dial. pink, pinch “finch”.

    References: WP. II 682.