Wels

Significado (Inglés)

1. (masculine, strong) wels catfish (Silurus glanis)
2. (masculine, strong) catfish, any fish of the order Siluriformes

Sinónimos

Katzenwels

Traducións

catfish

siluro

meerval

silure

peixe-gato

pesce gatto

poisson chat

bagre

siluro

bagre

peix gat

poisson-chat

γατόψαρο

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/vɛls/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle High German: wels

Herdado de Old High German: *wals

Relativo a neerlandés: wels

Relativo a Old High German: walira

Relativo a alemán: Wal

In summary

From Middle High German wels, from Old High German *wals, *walis, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaliʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Cognate with German Low German Wels (“catfish”), Dutch wels (“catfish”), Old High German walira (“whale”), German Wal (“whale”).