throstle

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 151 words | Copyright

throstle thrush. OE. þrostle = OS. throsla, OHG. drōscala (G. drossel), f. Gmc. *þrau(d)st-, -sk-, rel. to L. turdus, etc. Cf. THRUSH1.

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