throstle
English
noun
Definitions
- A song thrush.
- A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English throstle, throstel inherited from Old English þrostle inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrustlō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þrustlō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Drossel German
- Misteldrossel German
- Ringdrossel German
- Rotdrossel German
- Schnapsdrossel German
- Schwarzdrossel German
- Singdrossel German
- Spottdrossel German
- Wacholderdrossel German
- дроссель Russian
- *þrustlō Proto-Germanic
- þrostle Old English
- throstle, throstel Middle English
- trasle Old French
- Strazdiņš Latvian
- dziedātājstrazds Latvian
- mežastrazds Latvian
- strazdiene Latvian
- strazds Latvian
- trâle Norman
- droschel Middle High German
- *þrostlā gmw-pro
- *trazdas Proto-Balto-Slavic