Where does “melro” come from?

melro (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese melrro, from Late Latin merulum, from Latin merula, from Proto-Italic meselā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- — to give birth, beget.

melro (Portuguese): Eurasian blackbird

Definitions

  1. Eurasian blackbird

Ancestry of “melro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemelrro—
2Late Latinmerulum—
3Latinmerulablackbird; wrasse
4Proto-Italicmeselā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ems-to give birth, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →Every word from Proto-Italic meselā →Every word from Latin merula →