haai etymology

Dutch word haai comes from Icelandic karl, Icelandic há-, and later Old Norse hákarl (A shark.)

Detailed word origin of haai

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
karl Icelandic (isl) (chess) a chess piece, a chessman. (video games) a character (in a video game, or in a RPG). Husband. Male of a species. Man (male human).
há- Icelandic (isl) High, highly Pertaining to an oarlock Of or pertaining to the heel or articulations of the foot (articulationes pedis) (archaic) marks fish of the shark kind.
hákarl Old Norse (non) A shark.
haai Dutch (nld) Greedy person. Shark.

Words with the same origin as haai

Descendants of karl
bakerhaai doornhaai hamerhaai haringhaai luipaardhaai mensenhaai rifhaai tijgerhaai voshaai zebrahaai