Re: [tied] acwatic animal

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 19432
Date: 2003-02-28

balaina is a dialectal variant of phalaina.
Latin word is bellua "monster"


Joao SL
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Subject: [tied] acwatic animal


> Which a relationship can be here between Alb. "balë", Greek "falaina" ,
> Latin "balena", rom. "balaur"?
> It seems the root is "bala-" and it is regarded to an aquatic animal.
> There is thew slavic "volos" regarding to animals too (for big animals?)
> and germanic "wall-"
> Further Latin knows "beluosus" as "Ungeheuer" = monstruous
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