palanca
Occitan
/paˈlaŋ.kɐ/
noun
Definitions
- plank, board
- (nautical) gangway, plank
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan palanca inherited from Latin palanca, phalanga (pole for carrying things, wooden roller, roller pole for moving heavy objects, roller, pole) derived from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φάλαγξ
Gloss
battle order, array, log, etc, body of soldiers, trunk, phalanx, battle array, stem
Kanji
茎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- planche English
- *palanga Latin
- palanca Latin
- phalanga Latin
- phalangem Latin
- phalangem, phalanx Latin
- phalanx Latin
- planca Latin
- palánk Hungarian
- falanghina Italian
- palanca Italian
- palanco Italian
- paranco Italian
- phalange French
- planche French
- planchette French
- planchiste French
- фаланга Russian
- palanca Spanish, Castilian
- plancha Spanish, Castilian
- φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φαλάγγιον Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ, φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- prancha Portuguese
- falanga Polish
- plansza Polish
- falang Irish
- planche Danish
- planš Czech
- planche Old French
- palanca Catalan, Valencian
- φάλαγγα Greek (modern)
- փաղանգ Old Armenian
- pleng Albanian
- *paanca Old Portuguese
- palanca Old Occitan