Where does “balena” come from?
balena (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto baleno, from French baleine, from Italian balena, from Spanish ballena, from Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
balena (Esperanto): cetacean, relating to whales
Definitions
- cetacean, relating to whales
Ancestry of “balena”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | baleno | whale |
| 2 | French | baleine | whale; whalebone; landwhale |
| 3 | Italian | balena | whale; inflection of balenare: ## third-person... |
| 4 | Spanish | ballena | whale; baleen, whalebone |
| 5 | Old Spanish | ballena | — |
| 6 | Latin | ballaena | a whale |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φάλαινα | whale |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |