Where does “squalo balena” come from?
squalo balena (Italian) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
squalo balena (Italian): whale shark
Definitions
- whale shark
Ancestry of “squalo balena”, step by step
squalo balena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian balena
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | balena | whale; inflection of balenare: ## third-person... |
| 2 | Spanish | ballena | whale; baleen, whalebone |
| 3 | Old Spanish | ballena | — |
| 4 | Latin | ballaena | a whale |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φάλαινα | whale |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |