oisel
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”).
Noun
oisel m (oblique plural oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative singular oiseaus or oiseax or oisiaus or oisiax or oisels, nominative plural oisel)
- bird
Descendants
- Bourguignon: ouseâ
- French: oiseau
- Gallo: ouézai
- Lorrain: ougeil, ougé (Barrois)
- Norman: ouaîsé, ouésé; ouaîthé; weze
- Picard: oisieu
- Tourangeau: ouésiau, osiau
- Walloon: oujhea