walrus
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋɑlrʏs/
noun
Definitions
- walrus, any member of the family Odobenidae of which Odobenus rosmarus is the sole extant member
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish hvalros borrowed from Swedish valross derived from Old Norse hrosshvalr (horse-whale, horse whale) compound from Dutch, Flemish wal (wall, embankment, rampart, whale, shore, coast, large sea-animal) + Dutch, Flemish ros (horse).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
ros
Gloss
horse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
馬
Emoji
🎠 🏇 🐴 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- she-walrus English
- walri English
- walrus English
- walruslike English
- vallum Latin
- Ross German
- Wal German
- Walross German
- burgwal Dutch, Flemish
- ros Dutch, Flemish
- rosbaar Dutch, Flemish
- roskam Dutch, Flemish
- roskop Dutch, Flemish
- rosmolen Dutch, Flemish
- rosoliemolen Dutch, Flemish
- rossig Dutch, Flemish
- stuwwal Dutch, Flemish
- tuinwal Dutch, Flemish
- wal Dutch, Flemish
- walgeld Dutch, Flemish
- walgewelf Dutch, Flemish
- walschot Dutch, Flemish
- walvis 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
- galerous Old French
- วอลรัส Thai
- walrus Cebuano
- ros Middle Dutch
- walrus Afrikaans
- rosualt Middle Irish