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: A blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) (see ciarlare (“to chatter”)) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).
köken: From earlier form زلو (zalū) from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (złwk' /zalūg/) from Proto-Iranian *jaluš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́aluš, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelu-. Akin to Old Armenian տզրուկ (tzruk); an Iranian borrowing.
to bloodlet · to (apply a) leech medicinally, as a method to bloodlet · to drain resources without giving back
köken: By surface analysis, ader (“vein”) + laten (“to let”), an ellipsis of Middle Dutch ter ader(en) laten (literally “to let [someone] to the vein”). Compare German zur Ader lassen.