köken: Borrowed from Low German robbe, rubbe, in Middle Low German meaning “rabbit." Of uncertain ultimate origin; compare English rabbit, French rabot (“plane”). Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also been compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.
köken: Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.
a diminutive of the female given name Βασιλική (Vasilikí) · a diminutive of the female given name Παρασκευή (Paraskeví) · a diminutive of the female given name Σταυρούλα (Stavroúla)
seal (common language term for smaller pinnipeds; used mainly of earless or true seals but sometimes also covering the eared seals) · earless seal, true seal (any seal of the family Phocidae)
çekim: çoğul hylkeet · tamlayan hylkeen
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hülgeh (see it for more details). Cognate with Estonian hüljes.
köken: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor. Latin phōcabor. Middle French phoque French phoquebor. ▲ Latin phōcabor. Romanian focă Borrowed from French phoque m and Latin phōca f, ultimately from Ancient Greek φώκη f (phṓkē).