Where does “balenbirdo” come from?
balenbirdo (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-.
balenbirdo (Esperanto): whalebird
Definitions
- whalebird
Ancestry of “balenbirdo”, step by step
balenbirdo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto baleno
| 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- | — |