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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Stieglitz

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Stieglitz
Friedrich Kluge2510206An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Stieglitz1891John Francis Davis

Stieglitz, m., ‘goldfinch,’ from the equiv. MidHG. stigliz, stigeliz (tz) m.; a Slav. loan-word; comp. Czech stehlec (stehlic), ‘thistle-finch,’ and also Kiebiß.