vēdzele
See also: vēdzelē
Latvian
editAlternative forms
edit- (dialectal form) vēzele
Etymology
editThe origin of this word is unclear. One suggestion links it, because of the burbot's moist, slimy skin, to Old Norse vǫkr, Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós), Latin ūvidus (“moist, wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet, to water”), with the gʷ changing to g (so as to yield Latvian dz). Another suggestion is that, if zivs (“fish”) is from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, *gʰew-, *ǵʰēw-, *gʰēw- (see zivs), then metathesis could have created the forms *wēǵʰ-, *wēgʰ-, leading to Proto-Baltic *wēž-, *wēdz-, from which Latin vēdzele, dialectal vēzele. Cognates include Lithuanian vėgėlė̃.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvēdzele f (5th declension)
- burbot (two fish species)
- saldūdens vēdzele ― freshwater burbot (Lota lota)
- jūras vēdzele, jūrasvēdzele ― (four-bearded) rockling (lit. sea burbot; Enchelyopus cimbrius)
Declension
editDeclension of vēdzele (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | vēdzele | vēdzeles |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | vēdzeli | vēdzeles |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | vēdzeles | vēdzeļu |
dative (datīvs) | vēdzelei | vēdzelēm |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | vēdzeli | vēdzelēm |
locative (lokatīvs) | vēdzelē | vēdzelēs |
vocative (vokatīvs) | vēdzele | vēdzeles |
References
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vēdzele”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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