Old English hwæl

← Finnish kala (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (inherited)

← Old High German wal (cognate)

← Old Norse hvalr (cognate)

← Old Saxon hwal (cognate)

← Proto-Uralic *kala (derived)

→ English whale (inherited)

→ Old English horshwæl (compound)

→ Old English hwælweg (compound)

→ Old English hwælhunta (compound)

→ Old English hwælhuntoþ (compound)

→ Middle English whale (inherited)

→ Middle English balene (mention)

→ Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (cognate)

→ Latin squalus (cognate)

→ Old Norse hvalr (cognate)

→ Scots whaul (inherited)