Where does “osel” come from?

osel (Middle English) comes from Old English ōsle, from Proto-West Germanic amslā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- — to give birth, beget.

osel (Middle English): blackbird

Definitions

  1. blackbird

Ancestry of “osel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishōslea (European) blackbird, an ouzel
2Proto-West Germanicamslāblackbird
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget

Words derived from “osel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic amslā →Every word from Old English ōsle →