Where does “narval” come from?
narval (Czech) comes from Czech narvat, from Czech rvát, from Proto-Slavic rъvàti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
narval (Czech): narwhal; third-person masculine singular past of...
Definitions
- narwhal; third-person masculine singular past of...
Ancestry of “narval”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Czech | narvat | to ram in; to cram, jam-pack, stuff; to pluck,... |
| 2 | Czech | rvát | to tear, to rend; to yank, to jerk, to pull... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | rъvàti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |