sperm whale (Physeter catodon syn. Physeter macrocephalus) · sperm whale, any member of the family Physeteridae, including the above and several prehistoric species
çekim: çoğul potvissen
eş: cachelot
köken: Compound of pot (“pot”) + vis (“fish”). The part pot refers to the sperm whale's blunt head due to its melon and spermaceti organ.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Latin -ulum Latin capulum Portuguese cacho Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -oluslbor. Portuguese -ola…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Latin -ulum Latin capulum Portuguese cacho Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -oluslbor. Portuguese -ola…
köken: Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Russian во́рвань (vórvanʹ, “whale fat”), from Middle Russian ворвонь (vorvonʹ, “fats, hids or skins of marine mammals”), from Old East Slavic вървонъ (vŭrvonŭ, “huntable marine mammal”), which is conventionally believed to derive from Old East Norse narhval. First attested in the 19th century.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Ancient Greek -άω (-áō) Ancient Greek φῡσάω (phūsáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr)bor. Latin phȳsēter Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυσητήρ (phusētḗr).