Wal

Significado (English)

whale

Conceptos

ballena

🐳

ballenato

cachalote

cetáceos

ballena azul

ballena boba

ballena de aleta

ballena enana

ballena jorobada

ballena polar

rorcual

ballena

🐳

Synonyms

Walfisch

🐳

Delfin

Delphin

🐬

Cetacea

Zetazeen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/vaːl/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from alto alemán medio: -

Inherited from alto alemán antiguo: wal

Cognate with inglés: whale

Cognate with islandés: hvalur

Cognate with danés: hval

Cognate with sueco: val

Cognate with neerlandés: walvis

Cognate with bajo alemán: Waalfisch

In summary

The root descends from Middle High German and Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Cognates include English whale, German Low German Waal, Icelandic hvalur, Danish hval, Swedish val.
Although the simplex root also existed in earlier historical stages of German, Grimm claims that the simplex had fallen out of used by Early New High German and was used exclusively in the compounds such as Walfisch and Narwal. The simplex later reappeared in the course of the 19th century, at first in the domain of scientific literature, as a back-formation from Walfisch. Compare also Dutch walvis, Low German Waalfisch.