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vorvaň

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Czech

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Etymology

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Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Russian во́рвань (vórvanʹ, whale fat),[1][2] from Middle Russian ворвонь (vorvonʹ, fats, hids or skins of marine mammals),[3] from Old East Slavic вървонъ (vŭrvonŭ, huntable marine mammal), which is conventionally believed to derive from Old East Norse narhval.[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vorvaň m anim

  1. sperm whale

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “vorvaň”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 697
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “vorvaň”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  3. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2009) “ворвань”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 3 (бе – болдыхать), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 231
  4. ^ http://gramoty.ru/thumbs/bibliography_document_vja-2020.pdf

Further reading

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  • vorvaň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • vorvaň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989