merle

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
2. Any blackbird.

Sinonieme

blackbird

ousel

ouzel

merl

European blackbird

Turdus merula

Vertalings

merle

merla

κόσσυφος

turdus merula

merlo

Turdus merula

melro

ميرل

melro-preto

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɜːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: merle

Verwante met Frans: merle

Verwante met Middle English: merule

Verwante met Bretons: moualch

Verwante met Wallies: mwyalch

In summary

From Middle English merle, from Old French merle (French merle), from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (whence the directly borrowed Middle English merule, and compare the taxonomic name Turdus merula), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes- (“black, blackbird”). Compare Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”). Distantly related to the synonymous ouzel.