finc

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finkiz, *finkô. Cognate with Middle Dutch vinke (whence Dutch vink), Old High German finko, finco (whence German Fink).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fint͡ʃ/

Noun

finċ m

a finch

Declension

Declension of finc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	finċ	finċas
accusative	finċ	finċas
genitive	finċes	finċa
dative	finċe	finċum

Derived terms

ċeaffinċ
goldfinċ

Descendants

Middle English: fynch, fincg, finch, fynche
- English: finch
- Scots: finch

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “finc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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