The ambivalence of her function is suggested in the etymological relationship of the root *venes- with Latin venenum (poison), in the sense of "a charm, magic philtre".

However, any etymological or contextual relationship remains unresearched.

In contemporary biblical scholarship there is a general consensus that the words have an etymological relationship, but the exact nature of it is disputed.

The name derives from 'Mosse-Hill' in Hornsey, the high ground containing one of the river's sources, and bears no direct etymological relationship to the major continental Moselle River.

A 19th-century antiquarian source posits an etymological relationship with Welsh Essyllwg and other forms of identical meaning, such as Essyllyr, meaning "of Essyllt": however, this is now considered unlikely.

There may be an etymological relationship between the three "disputed" Archangel names, and they may in fact be equivalent.

Ruck et al. argued that the term hallucinogen was inappropriate owing to its etymological relationship to words relating to delirium and insanity.

An etymological relationship "is not proof that the two names refer to the same ethnic group."

There may be an etymological relationship between the Arelim and the angel Ariel.

In his e-mail, Levelt also wondered about an etymological relationship between boudin and poutine.