Where does “balena” come from?

balena (Italian) comes from Spanish ballena, from Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

balena (Italian): whale; inflection of balenare: ## third-person...

Definitions

  1. whale; inflection of balenare: ## third-person...

Ancestry of “balena”, step by step

balena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish ballena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishballenawhale; baleen, whalebone
2Old Spanishballena—
3Latinballaenaa whale
4Ancient Greekφάλαιναwhale
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Late Latin ballena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinballena—
2Latinbālaena—

Words derived from “balena”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →