walfisk
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
wal (“whale”) + fisk (“fish”), from Old Frisian *hwal (only attested in the compound), from Proto-West Germanic *hwal. See also German Walfisch.
Noun edit
walfisk c (plural walfisken, diminutive walfiskje)
Further reading edit
- “walfisk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011