Etymology

throstle

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Today it means: A song thrush. Full definition →

Middle English throstle, throstel ← Old English þrostle ← Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*trosdos
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þrostlā
  3. Old English · inherited fromþrostle
  4. Middle English · inherited fromthrostle, throstel
  5. English todaythrostle

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*trosdos all →

thrush

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