hwæl
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a whale
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish) derived from Proto-Uralic *kala.
Origin
Proto-Uralic
*kala
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- whale English
- valas Finnish
- Narwal German
- Wal German
- hal Hungarian
- ἄσπαλος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- hval Norwegian Bokmål
- kval Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- kval Norwegian Nynorsk
- narkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- hors Old English
- horshwæl Old English
- hunta Old English
- huntoþ Old English
- hwælhunta Old English
- hwælhuntoþ Old English
- hwælweg Old English
- weġ Old English
- whale Middle English
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- reyðarhvalr Old Norse
- hvalur Icelandic
- wal Old High German
- hvalur Faroese
- *hwal gmw-pro
- walvisk Old Dutch
- *kala Proto-Finnic
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- *kuolē Proto-Samic
- hval Old Swedish
- whaul Scots
- *kala Proto-Uralic
- кал Moksha
- кал Erzya
- хул Mansi
- *kålä Proto-Samoyedic
- хул Khanty