thrush
English
/θɹʌʃ/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and American robin have.
- (US) A female singer.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thrusche inherited from Old English þrysċe inherited from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, *þruskō inherited from Old English þræsċe inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ inherited from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (thrush).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*trosdos
Gloss
thrush
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ant English
- ant thrush English
- laughing English
- laughingthrush English
- thrushlike English
- thrushling English
- water English
- waterthrush English
- *turdeus Latin
- turdus Latin
- Drossel German
- Misteldrossel German
- Ringdrossel German
- Rotdrossel German
- Schnapsdrossel German
- Schwarzdrossel German
- Singdrossel German
- Spottdrossel German
- Wacholderdrossel German
- tordo Italian
- дрозд Russian
- дроссель Russian
- tordo Spanish, Castilian
- *trosdos Proto-Indo-European
- trost Norwegian Bokmål
- *þrasduz Proto-Germanic
- *þrastuz Proto-Germanic
- *þrauskǭ Proto-Germanic
- *þruskijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *þruskō Proto-Germanic
- trast Swedish
- trost Norwegian Nynorsk
- þrysċe Old English
- þræsċe Old English
- thrusche Middle English
- druid Irish
- imdhruid Irish
- þrǫstr Old Norse
- *drozdъ Proto-Slavic
- turdo Esperanto
- tord Catalan, Valencian
- þröstur Icelandic
- tordo Galician
- sturz Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- thrōskila Old High German
- truit Old Irish
- trøstur Faroese
- дрозд Bulgarian
- дрозен Bulgarian
- droschel Middle High German
- Dréischel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Routdréischel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tordo Old Portuguese
- *trozdis Proto-Celtic
- strudz Aromanian
- sturdzu Aromanian
- *trasdás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *trazdas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *trozdós Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *trazdas bat-pro