Seehund.
common seal, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Meaning & usage
common seal, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
any seal
Where this word comes from
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 English seal, North Frisian selich, seel, Danish sæl. Ultimately reinterpreted as See (“sea”) + Hund (“dog”); compare the same in Dutch zeehond.
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