英语词汇chaffinch的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	chaffinch
词源	chaffinch n. Fringilla cælebs, common European bird "with pretty plumage and pleasant short song" [OED], Old English ceaffinc, literally "chaff-finch," said to be so called because it eats waste grain among the chaff on farms in winter. See chaff + finch. Entries linking to chaffinch chaff n. "husks of wheat, oats, or other grains," Old English ceaf "chaff," probably from Proto-Germanic kaf- "to gnaw, chew" (source also of Middle Dutch and Dutch kaf, German Kaff), from PIE root gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (see jowl (n.1)). Used figuratively for "worthless material" from late 14c. finch n. common European bird, Old English finc "finch," from Proto-Germanic *finkiz "finch" (source also of Middle Low German and Middle Dutch vinke, Dutch vink, Old High German finco, German Fink), perhaps imitative of the bird's note (compare Breton pint "chaffinch," Russian penka "wren"). updated on November 20, 2022
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chaffinch n.