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-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hai Finnish
- Dornhai German
- Engelhai German
- Fisch German
- Hai German
- Haifisch German
- Hammerhai German
- Hundshai German
- Kredithai German
- Leopardenhai German
- Requiemhai German
- Zebrahai German
- Zitronenhai German
- baker Dutch, Flemish
- bakerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- doorn Dutch, Flemish
- doornhaai Dutch, Flemish
- franje Dutch, Flemish
- franjehaai Dutch, Flemish
- hamer Dutch, Flemish
- hamerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- haring Dutch, Flemish
- haringhaai Dutch, Flemish
- hond Dutch, Flemish
- hondshaai Dutch, Flemish
- ijs Dutch, Flemish
- ijshaai Dutch, Flemish
- kat Dutch, Flemish
- kathaai Dutch, Flemish
- luipaard Dutch, Flemish
- luipaardhaai Dutch, Flemish
- mens Dutch, Flemish
- mensenhaai Dutch, Flemish
- reus Dutch, Flemish
- reuzenhaai Dutch, Flemish
- rif Dutch, Flemish
- rifhaai Dutch, Flemish
- speer Dutch, Flemish
- speerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- tijger Dutch, Flemish
- tijgerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- vos Dutch, Flemish
- voshaai Dutch, Flemish
- zebra Dutch, Flemish
- zebrahaai Dutch, Flemish
- аку́ла Russian
- акула Russian
- hai Norwegian Bokmål
- *hanh-u- Proto-Germanic
- haj Swedish
- hajmal Swedish
- hai Norwegian Nynorsk
- hamarhai Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvithai Norwegian Nynorsk
- há- Old Norse
- há-, hár Old Norse
- hákarl Old Norse
- haj Danish
- sildehaj Danish
- hákarl Icelandic
- haey Middle Dutch
- haeye Middle Dutch
- haai Afrikaans
- hákallur Faroese
- Haifësch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hai Estonian
- haaie West Flemish