marsvin
Danish
/marsviːn/
noun
Definitions
- guinea pig
- porpoise
Etymology
Derived from German Meerschwein (guinea pig, porpoise).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Meerschwein
Gloss
guinea pig, porpoise
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Meer German
- Meerschwein German
- Meerschweinchen German
- Schwein German
- marsvin Norwegian Bokmål
- *mariswīną Proto-Germanic
- marsvin Norwegian Nynorsk
- marsvín Old Norse
- merswīn Middle High German