Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/baLena

This Proto-Basque entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ballaena (“whale”), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).

Noun

*baLena

1. whale

Descendants

• Basque: balea

References

• “balea” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk