horshwæl
Old English
noun
Definitions
- walrus
Etymology
Compound from Old English hors (horse) + Old English hwæl (whale).
Origin
Old English
hwæl
Gloss
whale
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鯨
Emoji
🐋 🐳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- she-walrus English
- walri English
- walrus English
- walruslike English
- walrus Dutch, Flemish
- hvalross Norwegian Bokmål
- kvalross Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrussą Proto-Germanic
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- valross Swedish
- kvalross Norwegian Nynorsk
- hors Old English
- horscamb Old English
- horselene Old English
- horsern Old English
- horsminte Old English
- hwæl Old English
- hwælhunta Old English
- hwælhuntoþ Old English
- hwælweg Old English
- hors Middle English
- horse Middle English
- whale Middle English
- hross Old Norse
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- hvalros Danish
- galerous Old French
- วอลรัส Thai
- walrus Cebuano
- *hross gmw-pro
- *hwal gmw-pro
- horse Scots
- rosualt Middle Irish