Finnish word hai comes from Icelandic há-, Icelandic karl, and later Old Norse hákarl (A shark.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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). |
| hákarl | Old Norse (non) | A shark. |
| haai | Dutch (nl) | Greedy person. Shark. |
| haj | Swedish (sv) | Shark. |
| hai | Finnish (fi) | Shark. |