Where does “merleta” come from?

merleta (Catalan) comes from French merlette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

merleta (Catalan): merlette, martlet

Definitions

  1. merlette, martlet

Ancestry of “merleta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchmerletteFemale blackbird; The merlette
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta—
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →Every word from French -ette →Every word from Hungarian iszik →