Iltis

Signification (Anglais)

polecat (Mustela putorius)

Concepts

putois

putois d’Europe

Mustela eversmanni

Mustela putorius putorius

Synonymes

Waldiltis

Ratz

europäischer Iltis

Stänker

Stinkmarder

Europäischer Iltis

Mustela Eversmanni

Mustela Putorius Putorius

Traductions

turón

polecat

puzzola

🦨

bunzing

βρωμοκούναβο

kokarca

οζοϊκτίς

turó

Mustela putorius

catpudre

mustella

toirăo

mofeta

🦨

polecats

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɪltɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand: iltis

Hérité de ancien haut allemand: illitiso, illintiso

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἰός

Appartenant à latin: virus

In summary

From Middle High German iltis, from Old High German illitiso, illintiso, of uncertain origin.
Perhaps a compound from the Proto-Indo-European roots *h₁el- (“red, brown”) and *weys- (“to flow, run”). The latter was probably used for animal secretions, whence the noun *wiso- or *wisós (“fluidity, slime, reek, poison”), as in Wiesel and Wisent; compare Ancient Greek ἰός (iós) and Latin virus.