Drozd
/drɔːzd/noun
A thrush or other songbird of the thrush family; also a Slavic surname derived from the bird name.
Did you know?Drozd belongs to an ancient bird-name family that includes English thrush, showing how words can preserve echoes of prehistoric languages across thousands of years.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*trosdos
“A reconstructed name for a thrush-like songbird”
Proto-Slavic
Proto-Slavic
*drozъdъ
“Thrush”
Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic
дроздъ (drozdŭ)
“Thrush”
Medieval Polish
Polish
drozd
“Thrush; later also a personal name or surname based on the bird”
Modern Russian
Russian
дрозд (drozd)
“Thrush”
Modern English
English
Drozd
“A loanword or surname associated with the Slavic bird name”