Wal
Luxemburgeois
/vaːl/
noun
Definitions
- whale
Etymology
Derived from German Wal (whale) derived from Old High German wal (battlefield) derived from *hwal derived 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
- Bartenwal German
- Blauwal German
- Schnabelwal German
- Schweinswal German
- Schwertwal German
- Wal German
- Walfisch German
- Walross German
- Zahnwal German
- baardwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- baleinwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- bultrugwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- tandwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- vis Dutch, Flemish
- wal Dutch, Flemish
- walvis Dutch, Flemish
- walvisjacht Dutch, Flemish
- walviskalf Dutch, Flemish
- walvistraan Dutch, Flemish
- walvisvaart Dutch, Flemish
- zwaardwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kʷálos Proto-Indo-European
- *hwalaz Proto-Germanic
- wal Polish
- hwæl Old English
- whale Middle English
- hvalr Old Norse
- blåhval Danish
- hval Danish
- gráhvalur Icelandic
- hvalaskoðun Icelandic
- hvalkjöt Icelandic
- hvalreki Icelandic
- hvalstöð Icelandic
- hvalur Icelandic
- hvalveiði Icelandic
- skíðhvalur Icelandic
- tannhvalur Icelandic
- व्हेल Hindi
- ह्वेल Hindi
- walvisch Middle Dutch
- wal Old High German
- walvis Afrikaans
- ဝေလငါး Burmese
- *hwal gmw-pro
- vaal Estonian
- walvisk Old Dutch
- hwal Old Saxon
- *fālēs Proto-Samic