merle
French
noun
Definitions
- blackbird
- Eurasian blackbird Turdus merula
Etymology
Inherited from Latin merula (blackbird).
Origin
Latin
merula
Gloss
blackbird
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- merle English
- merled English
- merula Latin
- merulum Latin
- merulus Latin
- merŭlum Latin
- Blaumerle German
- merla Italian
- merletto Italian
- merlo Italian
- merlone Italian
- merlotto Italian
- merlette French
- mirlo Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ems- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mes- Proto-Indo-European
- merle Middle English
- merlanc Old French
- merle Old French
- merla Catalan, Valencian
- merla Galician
- mierlă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- merle Middle Dutch
- Märel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- merlette Middle French
- njerlã Aromanian
- *meselā Proto-Italic
- mierlo Old Spanish
- miarla Dalmatian
- marle Bourguignon
- miâle Bourguignon