Where does “hvalkjøtt” come from?

hvalkjøtt (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hval, from Danish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

hvalkjøtt (Norwegian Bokmål): whale meat

Definitions

  1. whale meat

Ancestry of “hvalkjøtt”, step by step

hvalkjøtt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hval

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhvala whale
2Danishhvalwhale
3Old Norsehvalrwhale
4Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

via Norwegian Bokmål kjøtt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkjøttmeat; flesh, pulp; flesh
2Norwegian Bokmålkjødflesh
3Old Norsekjǫt—
4Proto-Germanicketwąmeat; flesh
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