mereswine

Betekenis (Engels)

A porpoise or dolphin.

Sinonieme

porpoise

Vertalings

Schweinswal

marsopa

marsouin

cochon de mer

focena

marsovino

bruinvis

boto

toninha

marsopa

marsuí

domuz balığı

Tümmler

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɪə(ɹ)ˌswaɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: mereswyn

Geërf van Old English: mereswīn

In summary

Inherited from Middle English mereswyn (“porpoise, dolphin”), from Old English mereswīn (“porpoise, dolphin”), from Proto-West Germanic *mariswīn, from Proto-Germanic *mariswīną (“dolphin, porpoise, cetacean”). By surface analysis, mere + swine or mer- + swine.