vēdzele

Etymology
The origin of this word is unclear. One suggestion links it, because of the burbot's moist, slimy skin, to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from, with the gʷ changing to g (so as to yield dz). Another suggestion is that, if is from Proto-Indo-European, , ,  (see ), then metathesis could have created the forms , , leading to  , , from which 🇨🇬 , dialectal. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) burbot two fish species