dunnock

English

Dunnock in Devon, England.

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)

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

Translations

bird

Bulgarian: сивогуша завирушка (sivoguša zaviruška)
Catalan: pardal de bardissa m
Finnish: rautiainen (fi)
French: accenteur mouchet (fr) m
Galician: azulenta (gl) f
Irish: donnóg f
Luxembourgish: Heckestéisser m

Manx: buntee gorrym m
Norman: vèrdreu m
Romanian: brumăriță (ro) f
Russian: завиру́шка (ru) f (zavirúška)
Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn-gàraidh m
Swedish: järnsparv (sv) c

References

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