walvisch
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- whale
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch walvisk derived from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kʷálos
Gloss
sheatfish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- valas Finnish
- baardwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- baleinwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- bultrugwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- tandwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- vis Dutch, Flemish
- wal Dutch, Flemish
- walvis Dutch, Flemish
- walvisjacht Dutch, Flemish
- walviskalf Dutch, Flemish
- walvistraan Dutch, Flemish
- walvisvaart Dutch, Flemish
- zwaardwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- ἄσπαλος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- hwæl Old English
- hvalr Old Norse
- walvis Afrikaans
- *hwal gmw-pro
- walvisk Old Dutch
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- *kala Proto-Uralic