An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zeisig
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Zeisig. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Zeisig, masculine, ‘siskin,’ from the equivalent Middle High German zîsec, usually zîse, feminine. Borrowed, like Stieglitz and Kiebitz, from Slavonic (Polish czyż, Bohemian čižek), whence also Low German ziseke, sieske, Dutch sijsje. English siskin, Danish sisgen, Swedish siska.