Where does “Walspeck” come from?

Walspeck (German) comes from German wal, from Middle High German wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic hwal, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

Walspeck (German): whale blubber

Definitions

  1. whale blubber

Ancestry of “Walspeck”, step by step

Walspeck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwalwhale
2Middle High Germanwala whale
3Old High Germanwalbattlefield
4Proto-West Germanichwalwhale
5Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via German speck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspeckbacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind
2Middle High Germanspec—
3Old High Germanspekbacon
4Proto-West Germanic*spikbacon
5Proto-Germanicspikąbacon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hwal →
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