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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)trozd-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: a k. of bird (thrush ?)
Old Greek: strou̯thó-s, att. strôu̯tho-s m./f. `Sperling, kleiner Vogel überhaupt; Strauss'; {stroús `воробей' Hsch. - wanted!}
Slavic: *drozdъ
Baltic: *strazd-a- m., *atrazd-ā̂ f., *tresd-iā̃ f.
Germanic: *ɵrast-u- c., *ɵrust-l-ō(n-) f., *ɵraus-k=, *ɵrūs-k-iōn- f., *ɵrōst-Vl-ō f., *ɵraust-Vl-ō(n-) f.
Latin: turdus, -ī m. `Drossel, Krammetsvogel'
Celtic: MIr truid, Cymr drudwy, Corn troet, trestgen, Bret tred `Star'
Russ. meaning: птица (дрозд etc.)
References: WP I 761 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: дрозд,
Near etymology: род. п. дрозда́, укр. дрíзд, род. п. дрозда́, ср.-болг. дрозгъ, болг. дрозд, сербохорв. дро̏зд, дро̀зда, словен. drȏzg, чеш., слвц. drozd, польск. drozd, в.-луж. drózn, н.-луж. drozn.
Further etymology: Родственно др.-прусск. tresde ж., лит. strãzdas, лтш. strazds, др.-исл. þrǫstr, шв. trast, нем. Drossel "дрозд", ср.-ирл. truid "скворец" (из *trozdi-), лат. turdus. И.-е. *trozdos подверглось в слав. ассимиляции: drozdъ;, см. Сольмсен, KZ 37, 579; IF 13, 138; Бернекер 1, 227 и сл.; Траутман, BSW 327; М. -- Э. З, 1083; 4, 231 и сл.; Шпехт 49; Суолахти, Vogeln. 52 и сл. Невероятно предположение Суолахти (там же, в нерешительной форме) о заимствовании из герм. Сомнительна связь с греч. στρουθός "воробей"; см. Мейе, Et. 226; Гофман, Gr. Wb. 341. По мнению Булаховского (ОЛЯ 7, 112), это название ономатопоэтического происхождения, потому что крик дрозда напоминает дррти. Ср. словен. drskáč "желтоносый дрозд".
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *strazd-a- m., *atrazd-ā̂ f., *tresd-iā̃ f.
Meaning: thrush
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: strãzda-s `Drossel (Turdus), Amsel', dial. strazdà 'Drossel; Star', strãzdana, dial. strazdanà 'Sommersprosse', strãzdena 'id.'
Lettish: strazds 'Drossel, Amsel', strads 'ds.'
Old Prussian: tresde `Drossel' V. 728
Comments: Balt > Fin rastas, Votj rasas, Est rǟstas 'Drossel'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ɵrastu-z, *ɵrustlō(n), *ɵrausk=, *ɵrūskiōn, *ɵrōstVlō, *ɵraustVl=
Meaning: a bird (thrush)
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: ɵrɔst-r m. `Drossel'
Norwegian: trost, trast
Swedish: trast
Danish: trost
Old English: { ɵrostle; ɵrōstle; ɵrǟsce, ɵrüsce }
English: throstle; thrush
Old Saxon: throsla
Middle Dutch: drosel, droossel
Middle Low German: drosle
Low German: westfäl. drɔssl
Old High German: thrōsca, thrōskala (9./10.Jh.)
Middle High German: droschel, troschel, trostel st. f. 'drossel, singdrossel'
German: Drossel f.; alem. drōštlǝ, bair. dröschel
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2042
Root: trozdos- : tr̥zdos-
English meaning: blackbird
German meaning: `Drossel'
General comments: vgl. oben S. 1079
Material: Lat. turdus, -ī m. `Drossel, Krammetsvogel; ein Fisch' (*tr̥zdos, mit dial. u?); mir. truit, druit f., nir. truid, druid `Star' (*trozdi-); aus dem Ir. entlehnt mcymr. trydw, drydw (nach drud `toll' umgestaltet zu drudw), bret. dred, tred (alter Pl.), acorn. troet m., ncorn. tros, Pl. tryjy, treyju, Singulativ f. mcorn. troʒan; daneben abret. tra[s]cl, nbret. drask(l) m., Vannes auch taraskl, f. cymr. tresglen `Drossel'; aisl. þrǫstr (*þrastu-z, vgl. zum u-St. cymr. trydw) `Drossel', norw. trost, trast; unklar mhd. drostel, ags. drostle (germ. *þrustalō-), ahd. drosca-(la), mhd. bair. dró́schel, schwäb.-alem. drostlǝ (germ. *þrau(d)-sk-, -st-), ags. ðrysce (*þruskjōn, engl. thrush; mnd. drōsle, and. thrōsla (umgebildet aus *throstla nach *ōsla = ags.ōsle, nhd. `Amsel'); urgerm. -au- und -u- vielleicht durch Einfluß einer Schallsippe mit u, wie in gr. τρύζω `girre', τρῡγών `Turteltaube', poln. trukać ds., usw.; balto-slav. *trazda- m. `Drossel' in apr. tresde f., lit. strãzdas, lett. strãzds m.; slav. *drozdъ in russ. drozd (Gen. drozdá) usw.
References: WP. I 761 f., WH. II 718, Trautmann 327, Specht Idg. Dekl. 49.
Pages: 1096
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *č`wVHrtV
Meaning: a k. of bird
Indo-European: *(s)trozd-
Altaic: *šĕ̀rčú
Kartvelian: *čxar(š)tw-
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *šĕ̀rčú
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: sparrow
Russian meaning: воробей
Turkic: *serče
Tungus-Manchu: *š[i]ču-kān
Japanese: *sùnsúmaí
Comments: The root is expressive, but well reconstructable for PA.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *serče
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sparrow
Russian meaning: воробей
Karakhanid: seče (MK)
Turkish: serče
Middle Turkic: serčä (Pav. C.)
Azerbaidzhan: särčä
Turkmen: serče
Chuvash: śerźi
Salar: siča, siǯä
Comments: EDT 795, VEWT 412, ЭСТЯ 7.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *š[i]ču-kān
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wagtail, small bird
Russian meaning: трясогузка, птичка
Evenki: čičakān
Even: časqụn
Negidal: čịčaxịn
Spoken Manchu: čičikē (2239)
Literary Manchu: čečike
Jurchen: sihčixie 'sparrow' (158)
Ulcha: čịčo(n)
Nanai: čịčō̃
Oroch: čičoku
Udighe: cikcigi (Корм. 310)
Comments: ТМС 2, 401, 422. Manchu has č- as a result of assimilation, but Jurchen shows that *š- was the initial consonant. TM > Yak. čɨ̄čāx, Dolg. čɨ̄čāk, Tof. šīǯek 'small bird' (see Stachowski 77), probably also Yug čičik, Selk. čičik 'small bird' (see Starostin 1995, 217 - although the Ket (tъ̄qt) and Kott. (čičaba) forms should be regarded separately, as well as other Uralic and Caucasian forms quoted ibid.).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sùnsúmaí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sparrow
Russian meaning: воробей
Old Japanese: suzume
Middle Japanese: sùzúmé
Tokyo: sùzume
Kyoto: sùzùmé
Kagoshima: suzumé
Comments: JLTT 535.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *čxartw-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: сорока (Misteldrossel)
English meaning: magpie
Georgian: čxartv-
Georgian meaning (Rus.): род сороки
Georgian meaning (Engl.): a k. of magpie
Svan: čxirwišṭ-, čxǝrišṭ-
Notes and references: Кл III, EWK 440. Ср. ПИЕ *strozdho- 'дрозд'.
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