eel

(Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
2. A European eel (Anguilla anguilla).
3. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
4. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
5. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
6. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
7. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
8. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
9. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
10. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
11. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
12. Various other animals that resemble true eels, chiefly in shape:
13. Someone or something that is sneaky and/or hard to catch.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To fish for eels.
2. (intransitive) To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/iːl/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: el

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: ǣl

Hevwate bi frîsî: iel

Hevwate bi holendî: aal

Hevwate bi almanî: Aal

Hevwate bi swêdî: -

Hevwate bi danmarkî: -

Hevwate bi norwecî: ål

In summary

From Middle English el, from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Low German Aal, Ool (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ål (“eel”).

Têgeh

مارماسی

marmasî

Hevwate

freshwater eel

lamprey

conger eel

European eel

rascal

roughneck

streamer

large dance piece

anguilla

intestinal worm

giant moray eel

European conger

seismic cable

common eel

vagabond

grig

moray eel

python

Werger

anguille

Aal

anguilla

anguila

χέλι

paling

enguia

węgorz

aal

anguilla

anguila

yılan balığı

anguila

węgorzokształtne

مارماسی