Where does “mierlă” come from?

mierlă (Romanian) comes from Latin merula, from Proto-Italic meselā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- — to give birth, beget.

mierlă (Romanian): blackbird; cowbird; merle

Definitions

  1. blackbird; cowbird; merle

Ancestry of “mierlă”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mierlă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ems- →Every word from Proto-Italic meselā →Every word from Latin merula →