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
witch (sorceress) · witch (term of abuse for a woman)
çekim: çoğul heksen
eş: toverheks, toverkol
köken: From Middle Dutch hexe (15th c.), borrowed from Late Middle High German hecse. Displaced native Middle Dutch hagetisse. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā.
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”).
köken: First attested in 1723. A result of an incorrect analysis of the word jobanya, which is from job (“better”, obsolete form of jobb, comparative of jó) + anya (“mother”). Compare the obsolete jó banya (“grandmother”).
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Occitan bruèissa, Portuguese bruxa, Spanish bruja), 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: all de bruixa, bruixa sense taques, bruixeria, bruixot, embruixar, palaia bruixa
köken: Attested since circa 1750. Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Portuguese, 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”))
aile: bruxaria, bruxedo
eu sen ser pieira, nen pensare en sé-lo, nen meiga nen bruxa, nen cousa do demo
harpy · harpy (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae) · bitch, shrew, vixen, witch (unpleasant woman)
çekim: çoğul harpioj
köken: From Latin harpyia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch; seize”). Compare Polish harpia, Russian га́рпия (gárpija), Italian arpia, Spanish arpía, French harpie, German Harpyie.