Hai
German (Berlin)
/haɪ̯/
noun
Definitions
- shark
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish haai (shark) derived from Middle Dutch haey derived from Old Norse há-, hár (shark).
Origin
Old Norse
há-, hár
Gloss
shark
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鮫
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hai Finnish
- Dorn German
- Dornhai German
- Engel German
- Engelhai German
- Fisch German
- Haifisch German
- Hammer German
- Hammerhai German
- Hunds German
- Hundshai German
- Kredit German
- Kredithai German
- Leopard German
- Leopardenhai German
- Requiem German
- Requiemhai German
- Zebra German
- Zebrahai German
- Zitrone German
- Zitronenhai German
- bakerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- doornhaai Dutch, Flemish
- franjehaai Dutch, Flemish
- haai Dutch, Flemish
- hamerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- haringhaai Dutch, Flemish
- hondshaai Dutch, Flemish
- ijshaai Dutch, Flemish
- kathaai Dutch, Flemish
- luipaardhaai Dutch, Flemish
- mensenhaai Dutch, Flemish
- reuzenhaai Dutch, Flemish
- rifhaai Dutch, Flemish
- speerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- tijgerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- voshaai Dutch, Flemish
- zebrahaai Dutch, Flemish
- hai Norwegian Bokmål
- haj Swedish
- hajmal Swedish
- hai Norwegian Nynorsk
- há-, hár Old Norse
- hákarl Old Norse
- haj Danish
- haey Middle Dutch
- haeye Middle Dutch
- haai Afrikaans
- Haifësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hai Estonian
- haaie West Flemish