@hareldan You asked for it. Now deal with it: There are four main groups of etymological roots for “badger,” all sharing a common idea, the animal as a digger and burrow-builder. In the East: Turkic borsuk and Proto‑Slavic root *jàzvьcь " In the West: Proto‑Germanic *þahsuz from Proto‑Indo‑European *tótḱ‑us (from *tetḱ‑, “to weave, braid, add, establish, construct”). In the North: Proto‑Germanic *grabaną “to dig.” https://mapologies.com/animals/