Where does “hvalr” come from?

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

hvalr (Old Norse): whale

Definitions

  1. whale

Ancestry of “hvalr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish

Words derived from “hvalr”

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