Where does “Misteldrossel” come from?

Misteldrossel (German) comes from German mistel, from Middle High German mistel, from Old High German mistil, from Proto-West Germanic mistil, from Proto-Germanic mistilaz, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

Misteldrossel (German): mistle thrush

Definitions

  1. mistle thrush

Ancestry of “Misteldrossel”, step by step

Misteldrossel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German mistel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmistelmistletoe
2Middle High Germanmistel—
3Old High Germanmistil—
4Proto-West Germanicmistilmistletoe
5Proto-Germanicmistilazmistletoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit

via German drossel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandrosselinflection of drosseln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germandroschel—
3Old High Germandrōscala—
4Proto-Germanicþrustalǭ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mistilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mistil →