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