Where does “merlo” come from?
merlo (Italian) comes from Latin merulus, from Latin merula, from Proto-Italic meselā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- — to give birth, beget.
merlo (Italian): merlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling
Definitions
- merlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling
Ancestry of “merlo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | merulus | battlement |
| 2 | Latin | merula | blackbird; wrasse |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | meselā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ems- | to give birth, beget |
Words derived from “merlo”