mésange
French
noun
Definitions
- tit, chickadee, titmouse (any of a large number of small tree-dwelling passerine birds)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French mésange inherited from Old French mesenge derived from Latin misinga derived from Frankish *meisinga (titmouse) derived from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (titmouse, chickadee).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maisǭ
Gloss
titmouse, chickadee
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coalmouse English
- titmouse English
- misinga Latin
- mees Dutch, Flemish
- *maisingaz Proto-Germanic
- *maisǭ Proto-Germanic
- mase Old English
- māse Old English
- mose Middle English
- titmose Middle English
- titlingr Old Norse
- mesenge Old French
- meixengra Galician
- mese Middle Dutch
- meisa Old High German
- meise Middle High German
- mésange Middle French
- *mēsa Old Dutch
- *meisinga Frankish
- mesenga Old Occitan