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

  1. merlon; blackbird; pushover or weakling

Ancestry of “merlo”, step by step

merlo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin merulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmerulusbattlement
2Latinmerulablackbird; wrasse
3Proto-Italicmeselā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget

via Late Latin merulum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmerulum—

Words derived from “merlo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →