Where does “rozmár” come from?

rozmár (Hungarian) comes from New Latin rosmarus, from Old Norse rosmhvalr, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

rozmár (Hungarian): walrus

Definitions

  1. walrus

Ancestry of “rozmár”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinrosmarus—
2Old Norserosmhvalrwalrus
3Old Norsehvalrwhale
4Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

Words derived from “rozmár”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwalaz →Every word from Old Norse hvalr →