walvis

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Etymology

From Dutch walvis, from Middle Dutch walvisch, from Old Dutch walvisk, a compound of *wal (“whale”) +‎ fisk (“fish”), presumably to clarify the meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /val.fəs/
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Noun

walvis (plural walvisse, diminutive walvissie)

  1. whale (marine mammal)

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Dutch

Dutch whalers near Spitsbergen (Abraham Storck, 1690)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑl.vɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wal‧vis

Noun

walvis m (plural walvissen, diminutive walvisje n)

  1. whale, mammal of the order Cetacea

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: walvis
  • Negerhollands: walvisch, walvis
  • → Thai: วาฬ (waan)
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