hirudo

(Engels)

A leech.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[hɪˈruː.doː]
Etimologie (Engels)

Unknown. Seemingly a parallel formation with testūdō (from testū), but no stem *hiru- is known. Stifter suggests it may be related to Old Irish giritán (“periwinkle”).

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