czilix

Old Prussian

Etymology

Misspelling of *czisix (*cziſix), borrowed from Old Polish *czyżyk.

Noun

czilix

  1. Eurasian siskin (any bird of the species Spinus spinus)
    • c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎ (in Middle High German), page 184, line 735:
      Cziske   Czilix
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References
  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “czilix”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
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