hwæl
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Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (compare Old Saxon hwal, Old High German wal, Old Norse hvalr), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). Another theory suggets it is perhaps akin to Finnish kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.
Noun [edit]
hwæl m
- a whale
Descendants [edit]
- English: whale
