English merle

← Breton moualch (cognate)

← Welsh mwyalch (cognate)

← English ouzel (mention)

← Middle English merle (inherited)

← Middle English merule (cognate)

← French merle (cognate)

← Old French merle (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes- (derived)

← Latin merula (derived)

→ English Merle (mention)

→ English merled (suffix)