köken: A Sami borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Samic *moršë. Compare Finnish mursu, Skolt Sami moršša, English morse, and possibly the second element of translingual Rosmarus.
walrus, any member of the family Odobenidae of which Odobenus rosmarus is the sole extant member
çekim: çoğul walrussen
köken: The origin of this word is not wholly certain, with several theories proposed. Probably borrowed from Danish hvalros or Swedish valross, from an inversion of Old Norse hrosshvalr (“horse-whale”). Equivalent to wal (“whale; large sea-animal”) + ros (“horse”). The Old Norse word may, however, been a folk-etymological modification of Old Norse rossmal, related to Proto-Germanic *rusta-, from the…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Samic *moršë Samibor. Ukrainian морж Borrowed from a Sami language, from Proto-Samic *moršë. Compare Skolt Sami moršša, Finnish mursu.