haai

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ɦaːi̯/

noun
Definitions
  • shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha (sometimes also including certain extinct shark-like members of the Elasmobranchii outside this superorder)
  • greedy person

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch haeye derived from Old Norse há- (shark) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hanh-u-.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hanh-u-

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