Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
Etymology(SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL )
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‘WHakluyt.
‘WHALE.***Sw. and Dan. hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. hvalt is arched or vaulted.’
Webster’s Dictionary.
‘WHALE.***It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. Wallen;
Richardson’s Dictionary.
[Hebrew], | Hebrew | |
[Greek], | Greek. | |
CETUS, | Latin. | |
WHŒL, | Anglo-Saxon. | |
HVALT, | Danish. | |
WAL, | Dutch. | |
HWAL, | Swedish. | |
WHALE, | Icelandic. | |
WHALE, | English. | |
BALEINE, | French. | |
BALLENA, | Spanish. | |
PEKEE-NUEE-NUEE, | Fegee. | |
PEKEE-NUEE-NUEE, | Erromangoan. | |