galerous
Old French
noun
Definitions
- walrus
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse hrosshvalr (horse-whale, horse whale).
Origin
Old Norse
hrosshvalr
Gloss
horse-whale, horse whale
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- she-walrus English
- walri English
- walrus English
- walruslike English
- Ross German
- Wal German
- Walross German
- walrus Dutch, Flemish
- hvalross Norwegian Bokmål
- kvalross Norwegian Bokmål
- *hrussą Proto-Germanic
- valross Swedish
- kvalross Norwegian Nynorsk
- hross Old Norse
- hrosshvalr Old Norse
- hvalr Old Norse
- hvalros Danish
- วอลรัส Thai
- walrus Cebuano
- rosualt Middle Irish