Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kʷálos

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Often compared with Proto-Uralic *kala.

Noun

*(s)kʷálos m

1. large fish
2. sheatfish

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
  • Old Prussian: kalis (“sheatfish”)
• Proto-Germanic: *hwalaz (“whale”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: [Term?]
  • Ancient Greek: ἄσπαλος (áspalos, “fish”)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *(s)káras
  • Proto-Iranian: *(s)kárah
    • Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀‎ (kara, “kind of fish”)
• Proto-Italic: [Term?]
  • Latin: squalus (“shark”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147