walvisch
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch walvisk, from *wal (“whale”), presumably to clarify the meaning. Old Dutch *wal is from Frankish *hwal.
Noun
walvisch m
Descendants
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- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Middle Dutch terms derived from Frankish
- Middle Dutch lemmas
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