A small edible fish found in North Atlantic coastal waters, also known as a cunner, with a reddish or greenish coloring.
Possibly from Dutch 'bergaal' or Scandinavian origins, though the etymology is uncertain; the '-all' suffix may relate to fish naming conventions in Germanic languages.
The bergall was a common food fish for poor fishing communities, so common that its name drifted across multiple languages—it's a culinary ghost word showing how humble fish traveled through medieval trade routes!
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