Where does “jarkbaluen” come from?
jarkbaluen (Dalmatian) comes from Italian arcobaleno, from Italian baleno, from Italian balenare, from Italian balena, from Spanish ballena, from Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα.
jarkbaluen (Dalmatian): rainbow
Ancestry of “jarkbaluen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | arcobaleno | rainbow; A group of many colors or differently... |
| 2 | Italian | baleno | flash; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | balenare | to lighten; to flash |
| 4 | Italian | balena | whale; inflection of balenare:
## third-person... |
| 5 | Spanish | ballena | whale; baleen, whalebone |
| 6 | Old Spanish | ballena | — |
| 7 | Latin | ballaena | a whale |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φάλαινα | whale |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |