The story
- Old Norse · derived fromreyðarhvalr“fin whale”
- Norwegian Nynorsk · borrowed fromrøyrkval
- English todayrorqual
From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr (“fin whale”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding. Full definition →
Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval ← Old Norse reyðarhvalr