Where does “finnkval” come from?
finnkval (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk kval, from Old Norse kvǫl, from Proto-Germanic kwalō, from Proto-Germanic kwaljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
finnkval (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fin whale, finback "Balaenoptera physalus"
Definitions
- a fin whale, finback "Balaenoptera physalus"
Ancestry of “finnkval”, step by step
finnkval traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk kval
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | kval | a whale |
| 2 | Old Norse | kvǫl | torment, torture |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kwalō | suffering, pain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kwaljaną | to make suffer, to hurt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Norwegian Nynorsk finne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | finne | a Finn; fin; Alternative form of finna |
| 2 | Swedish | Finne | A Finn a person from Finland |
| 3 | German | finne | big dorsal fin as found in large fish and marine mammals |
| 4 | Middle Low German | finne | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | finna | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | finnō | flipper; fin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pīn- | backbone, dorsal fin; backbone; dorsal fin |