Narwal
German (Berlin)
/ˈnarva(ː)l/
noun
Definitions
- narwhal Arctic cetacean
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish narhval borrowed from Swedish narval derived from Old Norse náhvalr (corpse whale), nár (corpse, body) + Old Norse hvalr (whale).
Origin
Old Norse
hvalr
Gloss
whale
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鯨
Emoji
🐋 🐳
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- narwhal English
- narwal Dutch, Flemish
- narval French
- narval Spanish, Castilian
- hval Norwegian Bokmål
- kval Norwegian Bokmål
- narhval Norwegian Bokmål
- nåe Norwegian Bokmål
- narval Portuguese
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- *nawiz Proto-Germanic
- narval Swedish
- kval Norwegian Nynorsk
- narkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- nåe Norwegian Nynorsk
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- náhvalr Old Norse
- nár Old Norse
- reyðarhvalr Old Norse
- narhval Danish
- hvalur Icelandic
- náhvalur Icelandic
- nár Icelandic
- hvalur Faroese
- náhvalur Faroese
- hval Old Swedish