dunnock

English

Etymology

From Middle English donek, dunok, equivalent to dun (“brownish grey”) +‎ -ock (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German doniklīn (“hedge-sparrow; dunnock”). Compare ruddock.

Noun

dunnock (plural dunnocks)

1. A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.

Translations

bird

• Asturian: cenicienta (ast), negrita (ast)
• Bulgarian: сивогуша завирушка (sivoguša zaviruška)
• Catalan: pardal de bardissa m, xalambrí m (Balearic)
• Czech: pěvuška modrá
• Dutch: heggenmus (nl)
• Finnish: rautiainen (fi)
• French: accenteur mouchet (fr) m
• Galician: azulenta (gl) f
• German: Heckenbraunelle (de) f, Braunelle (de) f
• Hungarian: szürkebegy (hu)
• Irish: donnóg f
• Luxembourgish: Heckestéisser m
• Manx: buntee gorrym m
• Norman: vèrdreu m
• Old English: hæġsugga m
• Polish: pokrzywnica f, płochacz pokrzywnica
• Romanian: brumăriță (ro) f
• Russian: завиру́шка (ru) f (zavirúška)
• Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn-gàraidh m
• Swedish: järnsparv (sv) c
• Welsh: llwyd y berth m, llwyd y gwrych m

References

• dunnock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunella modularis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Prunella modularis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons