wal.
coast, shore (side of land near to the water)
Meaning & usage
coast, shore (side of land near to the water)
earthen levee as protection against flooding
wall around city as military defense
periorbital dark circle
eyebag
Where this word comes from
From Latin vallum (“wall”), from vallus (“stake, palisade, point”). Cognate with English wall.
whale
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch wal (“whale”), from Old Dutch *wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”). Cognate with English whale. Possibly to avoid confusion with wal (“wall; shore”), the derived compound word walvis (“whale; lit. whale-fish”) gained currency over wal (“whale”). Similar clarifying compounds can be found elsewhere in Dutch: kraanvogel (“crane; lit. crane-bird”), muildier (“mule; lit. mule-animal”), oeros (“auroch; auroch-ox”), rendier (“rein; lit. rein-animal”), tortelduif (“turtle (bird); lit. turtle dove”) and windhond (“greyhound; lit. wind-dog”).
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