walrus

Significado (Inglés)

walrus, any member of the family Odobenidae of which Odobenus rosmarus is the sole extant member

Conceptos

morsa

Sinónimos

zeepaard

Traducciones

walrus

morse

Walross

morsa

tricheco

mors

Walroß

morsa

rosmarus

Odobenus rosmarus

οδόβαινος

θαλάσσιος ίππος

فَظّ

Odobaenus rosmarus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʋɑlrʏs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Tomado de danés: hvalros

Tomado de sueco: valross

In summary

The origin of this word is not wholly certain, with several theories proposed. Probably borrowed from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”). Equivalent to wal (“whale; large sea-animal”) + ros (“horse”). The Old Norse word may, however, been a folk-etymological modification of Old Norse rossmal, related to Proto-Germanic *rusta-, from the rust colour of the animal. Preference for borrowing the inverted form could have been due to the influence of the already existing Dutch compound walvis (“whale”, literally “whale-fish”).