hwæl
Middle English
editNoun
edithwæl
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whale
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“large fish, sheatfish”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal, Old Norse hvalr, Latin squalus (“shark”). Perhaps also related to Finnish kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithwæl m
Declension
editDeclension of hwæl (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
edit- horshwæl (“walrus”)
- hwælhunta (“whaler”)
- hwælhuntoþ (“whaling”)
Descendants
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