merle

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

blackbird

ousel

ouzel

merl

European blackbird

Turdus merula

Vertalingen

merle

merla

κόσσυφος

turdus merula

merlo

Turdus merula

melro

ميرل

melro-preto

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/mɜːl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: merle

Verwant aan Frans: merle

Verwant aan Middelengels: merule

Verwant aan Bretons: moualch

Verwant aan Welsh: 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.