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^[1] (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]‎^[2] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius