walvis

Significado (Inglés)

whale, mammal of the order Cetacea

Conceptos

ballena

🐳

cetáceos

cetáceo

Sinónimos

walvisachtigen

Traducciones

whale

🐳

baleine

🐳

Wal

🐳

balena

🐳

baleia

🐳

φάλαινα

balena

🐳

balaena

balina

🐳

Walfisch

🐳

cetáceo

balîna

🐳

hûf

neheng hût

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʋɑl.vɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de neerlandés medio: walvisch

Heredado de Old Dutch: walvisk

Cognado con frisón occidental: walfisk

Cognado con alemán: Walfisch

In summary

From Middle Dutch walvisch, from Old Dutch walvisk, from *wal (“whale”), presumably to clarify the meaning. Equivalent to wal (“whale”) + vis (“fish”). Old Dutch *wal is from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). See also waldier, walrus, grindewal.
Cognate with West Frisian walfisk, German Walfisch. The simple form is cognate with German Wal, English whale, Danish hval, Swedish val.