hval
Norwegian
/ʋɑːɽ/
noun-m1
Definitions
- a whale
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hvalr (whale) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale) inherited 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
- landwhale English
- nonwhale English
- whale English
- whale-path English
- whale-road English
- whaleback English
- whalebird English
- whaleboat English
- whalebone English
- whaleburger English
- whalecraft English
- whalefall English
- whalefeed English
- whalefish English
- whaleish English
- whalelike English
- whaleling English
- whalelore English
- whaleman English
- whalemeat English
- whaler English
- whalery English
- whaleship English
- whaleshit English
- whalesong English
- whalespeak English
- whalesucker English
- whalewatcher English
- whalewatching English
- valas Finnish
- Narwal German
- ἄσπαλος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- blå Norwegian Bokmål
- blåhval Norwegian Bokmål
- båt Norwegian Bokmål
- e Norwegian Bokmål
- fanger Norwegian Bokmål
- fangst Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalbåt Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalfanger Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalfangst Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalkebab Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalkjøtt Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalkokeri Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalolje Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalsafari Norwegian Bokmål
- hvalspekk Norwegian Bokmål
- kebab Norwegian Bokmål
- kjøtt Norwegian Bokmål
- knøl Norwegian Bokmål
- knølhval Norwegian Bokmål
- kokeri Norwegian Bokmål
- kval Norwegian Bokmål
- olje Norwegian Bokmål
- safari Norwegian Bokmål
- spekk Norwegian Bokmål
- sperm Norwegian Bokmål
- spermhval Norwegian Bokmål
- våg Norwegian Bokmål
- vågehval Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- kval Norwegian Nynorsk
- narkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwæl Old English
- whale Middle English
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- reyðarhvalr Old Norse
- hvalur Icelandic
- व्हेल Hindi
- ह्वेल Hindi
- hvalur Faroese
- ဝေလငါး Burmese
- *hwal gmw-pro
- walvisk Old Dutch
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- hval Old Swedish
- *kala Proto-Uralic