hrosshvalr

Old Norse

Etymology

From hross (“horse”) +‎ hvalr (“whale”).

Noun

hrosshvalr m

1. walrus

Descendants

• Old Norse: *hvalhross
  • Norwegian: hvalross
  • Swedish: valross
  • Danish: hvalros
    • → English: walrus
    • → Dutch: walros (obsolete), walrus
      • → Afrikaans: walrus
      • → German: Walross

References

• “hrosshvalr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press