common seal, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) · any seal
çekim: çoğul Seehunde · tamlayan Seehunds
eş: Robbe
köken: 15th century, alteration of Seelhund, explanatory compound from now obsolete Seel (“seal”) + Hund (“dog”). The first component seems to have been inherited from Middle High German sële, sëleh, from Old High German sëlah, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (“seal”). For natural reasons it was a rare word, however, and was later reinforced by cognate Middle Low German sēl, also sēlhunt. Cognate with…