whale
Middle English
/ʍaːl/, /waːl/
noun
Definitions
- A whale or cetacean.
- (rare) A oceanic monster.
- (rare) The meat of the whale.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hwæl (whale) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwalaz
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
- landwhale English
- nonwhale English
- whale English
- whale-path English
- whale-road English
- whaleback English
- whalebird English
- whaleboat English
- whalebone English
- whaleburger English
- whalecraft English
- whalefall English
- whalefeed English
- whalefish English
- whaleish English
- whalelike English
- whaleling English
- whalelore English
- whaleman English
- whalemeat English
- whaler English
- whalery English
- whaleship English
- whaleshit English
- whalesong English
- whalespeak English
- whalesucker English
- whalewatcher English
- whalewatching English
- valas Finnish
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- horshwæl Old English
- hwæl Old English
- hwælhunta Old English
- hwælhuntoþ Old English
- hwælweg Old English
- hvalr Old Norse
- व्हेल Hindi
- ह्वेल Hindi
- ဝေလငါး Burmese
- *hwal gmw-pro
- walvisk Old Dutch
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- whaul Scots