merula

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) blackbird
2. (declension-1, feminine) wrasse

Concepts

blackbird

Translations

merlo

Amsel

merle

merel

merla

mirlo

κότσυφας

karatavuk

melro

merle noir

κοτσύφι

توكاي سياه

mèrle

melro preto

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmɛ.rʊ.ɫa]

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *meselā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black, blackbird”), which is thought to be a northwestern European substrate borrowing. Cognate with Breton moualch (“ouzel”), Welsh mwyalch (“blackbird, thrush”), German Amsel, English ouzel.