Wels

(Îngilîzî)

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

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/vɛls/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin: wels

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin: *wals

Hevwate bi holendî: wels

Hevwate bi Old High German: walira

Hevwate bi almanî: 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”).

Hevwate

Katzenwels

Werger

catfish

siluro

meerval

silure

sum

peixe-gato

pesce gatto

poisson chat

bagre

siluro

bagre

peix gat

sumik

poisson-chat

γατόψαρο