Where does “whalesong” come from?

whalesong (English) comes from English whale, from Middle English whal, from Old English hwæl, from Proto-West Germanic hwal, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

whalesong (English): The sounds through which whales communicate

Definitions

  1. The sounds through which whales communicate

Ancestry of “whalesong”, step by step

whalesong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English whale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhaleAny of several species of large sea mammals of...
2Middle EnglishwhalA whale or cetacean
3Old Englishhwæla whale
4Proto-West Germanichwalwhale
5Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via English song

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsongA musical composition with lyrics for voice or...
2Thaiสอง2
3Proto-Taisoːŋᴬtwo
4Middle Chinese雙—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hwal →