Words that come from Proto-Germanic hwalaz

208 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwalaz — including whale, walrus, whaler, whalebone, whaleboat, narwhal, whaleman, whaleship.

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Finnish (60)

English (35)

German (15)

Swedish (14)

Norwegian Nynorsk (14)

Norwegian Bokmål (9)

Icelandic (8)

Dutch (7)

Faroese (4)

Old Norse (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Northern Sami (3)

Danish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Polish (2)

Old English (2)

Middle English (2)

Norwegian (1)

Manx (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

French (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Georgian (1)

Burmese (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Pite Sami (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Thai (1)

Spanish (1)

Hindi (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Samic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Cebuano (1)

Latvian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)