köken: Inherited from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel c. 1100, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Compare Norman ouaîsé, Franco-Provençal usél. Compare also the French oie (“goose”), derived from another diminutive of avis.
aile: à chaque oiseau son nid est beau, à l'oiseau royal, à vol d’oiseau, avoir un appétit d’oiseau, battu de l’oiseau, bec d’oiseau, cervelle d’oiseau, comme un oiseau tombé du nid, drôle d’oiseau, en bec d’oiseau
köken: From Proto-Common Turkic *kuš (“bird”), from Proto-Turkic *kuĺ (“bird”). Cognate with Tatar кош (qoş), Kazakh құс (qūs), Kyrgyz куш (kuş), Khakas хус (xus), Karachay-Balkar къуш (quş), Uzbek qush, Azerbaijani quş, Turkish kuş, Turkmen guş (“bird”), etc.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese ave (“bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀘𑀺𑀟𑀺𑀕𑀸 (*ciḍigā), a feminine form from 𑀘𑀺𑀟𑀺𑀕 (ciḍiga), from Sanskrit *चिटिक (*ciṭika), चटक (caṭaka, “sparrow”). Cognate with Bengali চড়ুই (coṛui), Assamese চৰাই (sorai).
köken: Inherited from Latin passer, passerem (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).