Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velьrybъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

A partial calque of Middle High German walvisch.

Noun

*velьrybъ m

1. whale

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: велриба f

    Latin script: velriba f

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: velryba f
  • Polish: wieloryb m
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: wiôlgòrëba f
  • Slovak: veľryba f
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wjelryba f
    • Upper Sorbian: wjelryba f