Wels

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

pesce gatto

siluro

pesce gatto d’acqua dolce

Wels

sinonimi

Katzenwels

Traduzioni

catfish

silure

meerval

siluro

peixe-gato

bagre

poisson chat

bagre

peix gat

barbo

poisson-chat

γατόψαρο

freshwater catfish

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/vɛls/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: wels

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: *wals

Affine olandese: wels

Affine tedesco antico alto: walira

Affine tedesco: 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”).