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Seehund
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German
de:
Etymology
15th century, alteration of de Seelhund, explanatory compound from now obsolete de Seel seal + de Hund dog. The first component seems to have been inherited from de gmh sële, gmh sëleh, from de goh sëlah, from de gem-pro *selhaz seal. For natural reasons it was a rare word, however, and was later reinforced by cognate de gml sēl, also gml sēlhunt. Cognate with en seal, frr selich, dum seel, da sæl. Ultimately reinterpreted as de See sea Hund dog; compare the same in nl zeehond.
Pronunciation
de [ˈzeːˌhʊnt]
de De-Seehund.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:es ^chen ^in
common seal, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina species)
de Robbe
de loosely any seal
de Robbe
Declension
m,s:es,^e
Descendants
he כלב ים kélev-yam 1
See also
de Seelöwe m
de Walross n
Further reading
de Phocid seals