wal
Polish
noun
Definitions
- whale (certain species)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wal (whale) derived from Old High German wal (battlefield) derived from *hwal 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
- Bartenwal German
- Blauwal German
- Schnabelwal German
- Schweinswal German
- Schwertwal German
- Wal German
- Walfisch German
- Walross German
- Zahnwal German
- ἄσπαλος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- dziobowal Polish
- dziób Polish
- waleń Polish
- hwæl Old English
- hvalr Old Norse
- wal Old High German
- Wal Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hwal gmw-pro
- vaal Estonian
- walvisk Old Dutch
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- *kala Proto-Uralic