köken: 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.
European polecat (Mustela putorius) · any polecat in general
çekim: çoğul bunzingen
eş: stinkmarter, stinkotter, ulk, visse
köken: From Middle Dutch bunsinc, bonsinc, also boesinc, businc. Further etymology unknown, not found outside the Ingvaeonic language area. Probably a derivative of the dialectal term boes (“stable”) with the now-unproductive suffix -ing (“originating from, inhabitant of”).
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic дъхорь (dŭxorĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dъxorь. Compare Macedonian твор (tvor, “skunk”), Slovene dihur (“polecat”), Russian хорь (xorʹ).
köken: Assimilated from Proto-Balto-Slavic *žežkas, from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʰ)egʰ- (“ferret”), see also Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáǰʰukas (“hedgehog, polecat”).