Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos

→ English whale (inherited)

→ English wels (derived)

→ German Wal (inherited)

→ German Wels (inherited)

→ Faroese hvalur (inherited)

→ Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (derived)

→ Icelandic hvalur (inherited)

→ Latin squalus (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål hval (inherited)

→ Dutch walvis (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk kval (derived)

→ Old Norse hvalr (derived)

→ Polish wal (derived)

→ Old Prussian kalis (derived)

→ Swedish val (inherited)