The story
- Old French · derived frommerlenc
- Middle English · inherited frommerlynge
- English todaymerling
From Middle English merlynge, from Old French merlenc, from Latin merula.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
merling
Today it means: The fish Merlangius merlangus, endemic to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, western Baltic Sea and Black Sea. Full definition →
Middle English merlynge ← Old French merlenc