czilix
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Old Prussian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Misspelling of *czisix (*cziſix), borrowed from Old Polish *czyżyk.
Noun[edit]
czilix
- Eurasian siskin (any bird of the species Spinus spinus)
- c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary[1] (in Middle High German), page 184, line 735:
- Cziske Czilix
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “czilix”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian][2] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius