Where does “ह्वेल” come from?
ह्वेल (Hindi) 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.
ह्वेल (Hindi): whale
Ancestry of “ह्वेल”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | whale | Any of several species of large sea mammals of... |
| 2 | Middle English | whal | — |
| 3 | Old English | hwæl | a whale |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hwal | whale |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwalaz | whale, sheatfish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kʷálos | large fish; sheatfish |