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

  1. whale

Inflection

Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative walvisch walvische
accusative walvisch walvische
genitive walvischs walvische
dative walvische walvischen

Descendants

  • Dutch: walvis
    • Afrikaans: walvis
    • Negerhollands: walvisch, walvis
    • → Thai: วาฬ (waan)
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