Noun: walvis
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like walvis
bestelbus,
ichthus,
smeris,
getuigenis,
voorgeschiedenis,
bijspijkercursus,
versnijdenis,
beatmis,
apothekeres,
beenvis,
bergpas,
bijengewas,
stalen ros,
gedragsstoornis,
broeikasgas,
penningmeesteres,
bontjas,
griepvirus,
stikstofgas,
slagersmes, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch walvisch, from Old Dutch walvisk, from *wal (“whale”), presumably to clarify the meaning. Equivalent to wal (“whale”) + vis (“fish”). Old Dutch *wal is from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”). See also waldier, walrus, grindewal.
2. Cognate with West Frisian walfisk, German Walfisch. The simple form is cognate with German Wal, English whale, Danish hval, Swedish val. See: German Nouns '
Walfisch'.
Verbs referencing "walvis"
English Nouns
whale, German Nouns
Wal, German Nouns
Walfisch, English Nouns
whalefish.
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