hvalur
Faroese
/ˈkʰvɛaːlʊɹ/
noun
Definitions
- whale
- cetacean
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hvalr (whale) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale) inherited 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
- Grindwal German
- Narwal German
- ἄσπαλος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- grindhval Norwegian Bokmål
- hval Norwegian Bokmål
- kval Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- grindkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- kval Norwegian Nynorsk
- narkval Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwæl Old English
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- reyðarhvalr Old Norse
- grindehval Danish
- hvalur Icelandic
- grind Faroese
- grindahvalur Faroese
- hvalvákn Faroese
- vákn Faroese
- *hwal gmw-pro
- walvisk Old Dutch
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic
- hval Old Swedish
- *kala Proto-Uralic