Where does “escualu” come from?

escualu (Asturian) comes from Latin squalus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

escualu (Asturian): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “escualu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsqualusa kind of sea fish, thought to be a shark;...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Latin squalus →
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