Where does “walvisk” come from?

walvisk (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wal, from Proto-Germanic Wahalaz, from Latin vacalus — now the Waal.

Ancestry of “walvisk”, step by step

walvisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch wal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwalwhale
2Proto-GermanicWahalazthe river Waal
3Latinvacalusnow the Waal

via Old Dutch fisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfiskfish

Words derived from “walvisk”

Every word from Latin vacalus →Every word from Proto-Germanic Wahalaz →Every word from Old Dutch wal →