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Where does “haringhaai” come from?

haringhaai (Dutch) comes from Dutch haai, from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim — to be lying down; to settle.

haringhaai (Dutch): porbeagle, "Lamna nasus"

Definitions

  1. porbeagle, "Lamna nasus"

Ancestry of “haringhaai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchhaaiA shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha; A...
2Vietnameseháito pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later...
3EnglishHi—
4EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
5Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
6Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
7Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
8Proto-West Germanichaimhome
9Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
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