Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula). · A water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird (Cinclus mexicanus).
From Middle English osel, from Old English ōsle, from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄slā, *amslā, from Proto-Germanic *amslǭ. Cognate with German Amsel. For the spelling, compare Early Modern English bloud (“blood”).
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