Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/baLena
Proto-Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ballaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).
Noun
*baLena
Descendants
- Basque: balea
References
- R. L. Trask (2008) “balea”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 125