köken: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor. Latin phōcabor. Middle French phoque French phoquebor. Polish foka Borrowed from French phoque, from Latin phoca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē).
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.