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English word finch comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping-, and later Proto-Germanic *finkiz (Finch.)
*(s)ping- (Proto-Indo-European)
*finkiz (Proto-Germanic)
Finch.
finċ (Old English)
finch (English)
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. To hunt for finches, to go finching.