אָלפֿיש
'eel'
{labeled a Germanism in Stutchkoff's Thesaurus}

SYNONYM
ווענגער

ETYMOLOGY

ON áll, OE ǣl, English eel, Dutch aal, OHG āl, MHG âl, NHG Aal; from PGmc ✱ēla- 'eel' (or ✱ǣla-) (GM)
Kluge/Seebold: Like many names for fish, no cognates outside Germanic. A substrate word, says Polomé.