Where does “merlatura” come from?

merlatura (Italian) comes from Italian merlare, from Italian merlo, from Latin merulus, from Latin merula, from Proto-Italic meselā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- — to give birth, beget.

merlatura (Italian): battlements

Definitions

  1. battlements

Ancestry of “merlatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmerlareTo crenellate
2Italianmerlomerlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling
3Latinmerulusbattlement
4Latinmerulablackbird; wrasse
5Proto-Italicmeselā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →