English
afalina
Afalina comes from Turkish afalina ‘bottlenose dolphin’, from Greek φάλαινα ‘whale’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to swell’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to swell’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφάλλαινα‘whale’
- Greek1453–presentφάλαινα‘whale’
- Turkish1928–presentafalina‘bottlenose dolphin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to swell’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφάλλαινα‘whale’
- Greek1453–presentφάλαινα‘whale’
- Turkish1928–presentafalina‘bottlenose dolphin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1982same form
Earliest quotation: 1982, Administrative Report LJ: “The largest and rarest of all three Black Sea…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to swell’
ball, bowl, bell, bull, bold, flame, boil, blaze, bald, blush, blur, bleach, blizzard, bale, bolster, budge, sabha, blemish, bola, phlegm, bolero, phlox, phallus, blithe, bleat, blain, 72 more
through Ancient Greek φάλλαινα ‘whale’
Today it means
noun A Black Sea bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / afalina