reyðarhvalr
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- rorqual whale
Etymology
Compound from Old Norse reyðr (rorqual) + Old Norse hvalr (whale).
Origin
Old Norse
hvalr
Gloss
whale
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鯨
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rorqual English
- Narwal German
- rorqual French
- *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- hval Norwegian Bokmål
- kval Norwegian Bokmål
- røye Norwegian Bokmål
- røyr Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- kval Norwegian Nynorsk
- narkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- røye Norwegian Nynorsk
- røyrkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- reyðr Old Norse
- hvalur Icelandic
- reyður Icelandic
- hvalur Faroese
- royður Faroese
- hval Old Swedish
- røyrkval Norwegian