Noun: walrus
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like walrus
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
The origin of this word is not wholly certain, with several theories proposed. Probably borrowed from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”). Equivalent to wal (“whale; large sea-animal”) + ros (“horse”). The Old Norse word may, however, been a folk-etymological modification of Old Norse rossmal, related to Proto-Germanic *rusta-, from the rust colour of the animal. Preference for borrowing the inverted form could have been due to the influence of the already existing Dutch compound walvis (“whale”, literally “whale-fish”). See: Danish Nouns '
hvalros', Swedish Nouns '
valross', Old Norse Nouns '
hrosshvalr'.
Verbs referencing "walrus"
English Nouns
walrus, German Nouns
Walross, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
hvalross, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
kvalross, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
kvalross.
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