köken: From Gabel (“fork”) + Reiterin (“(female) rider”), from folk beliefs of witches fork-shaped household immplements, comparable to depictions of them flying on broomsticks.
Gut, gut, unterbrach ihn Pedrillo; ich höre die alte Gabelreiterin auf der Treppe; jetzt ist guter Rath teuer!
[…] suchte demnach bei einer alten Frau welche er für eine Gabelreiterin gehalten, einen guten Rat, daß er möchte zu Mitteln kommen.
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).
aile: ajo de bruja, brujería, brujita, caza de brujas, correo de las brujas, embrujar, garza bruja, Noche de Brujas
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).