Where does “ōsle” come from?

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

ōsle (Old English): a (European) blackbird, an ouzel

Definitions

  1. a (European) blackbird, an ouzel

Ancestry of “ōsle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicamslāblackbird
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget

Words derived from “ōsle”

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