The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

brown → common bullfinch 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

Comment

due to the coloration of the female bird

Common bullfinch female (Wikimedia Commons, Tlusťa)

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Motivation
language		English
lexeme		tawny
meaning 1	light brown to brownish orange colour
direction	→
meaning 2	(Somerset) common bullfinch
reference		Desfayes 1998
comment		Also tony-hoop, tony-hood, tonny-hood