Wels

Meaning

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

Concepts

catfish

freshwater catfish

wels catfish

Wels

Synonyms

Katzenwels

Translations

silure

siluro

meerval

peixe-gato

pesce gatto

bagre

siluro

poisson chat

bagre

pesce gatto d’acqua dolce

poisson-chat

peix gat

γατόψαρο

سلور المياه العذبة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛls/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: wels

Inherited from Old High German: *wals

Cognate with Dutch: wels

Cognate with Old High German: walira

Cognate with German: 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”).