Where does “tortle” come from?

tortle (Middle English) comes from Old English turtle, from Latin turtur — turtle dove.

Ancestry of “tortle”, step by step

tortle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English turtle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishturtleturtle dove
2Latinturturturtle dove

via Old English turtla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishturtlaturtledove

Words derived from “tortle”

Every word from Latin turtur →Every word from Old English turtle →