marsvin
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a guinea pig (rodent)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse marsvín (dolphin).
Origin
Old Norse
marsvín
Gloss
dolphin
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鯆
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kalliomarsu Finnish
- marsu Finnish
- Meerschwein German
- *mariswīną Proto-Germanic
- marsvín Old Norse
- marsvín Faroese
- *mariswīn Frankish