myEtymology.com: English etymology of goldcrest

Etymology of the English word goldcrest

the English word goldcrest

derived from the English word crest

derived from the Old French word creste

derived from the New Latin word crista (crest; crest, comb)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker- (to turn, bend)

derived from the English word gold

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghel-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *gulth-