phalanga

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ (phắlăngă), the accusative singular form of φάλαγξ (phálanx). Compare phalanx.

Noun

phalanga f (genitive phalangae); first declension

  1. wooden roller (for moving ships or military engines)
  2. carrying pole
  3. alternative form of phalanx (“battalion”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative phalanga phalangae
genitive phalangae phalangārum
dative phalangae phalangīs
accusative phalangam phalangās
ablative phalangā phalangīs
vocative phalanga phalangae

Descendants

  • Romanian: părângă
  • Italian: palanca (“board”)
  • Italian: paranco (“hoist”), palanco (archaic)
  • Franco-Provençal: pllanche, palanche, pilanche
  • >? Old French: planche (“plank”), planke, planque
    • Anglo-Norman: planke (see there for further descendants)
    • Bourguignon: plainche
    • Champenois: piainche
    • French: planche (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: plianche, plaunque
    • Picard: planque
  • Old Occitan:
  • Sardinian: palanga
  • West Iberian
    • Asturian: llancha (“small boat”)
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: *paanca
      • Galician: panca (“lever, shaft”)
      • Portuguese: panca (“lever”)
    • Old Spanish: palanca
      • Spanish: palanca (“lever, handle”)
  • →? Albanian: pleng (“heavy object”)
  • → Italian: falanga
  • → Polish: falanga

References

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