phalanga

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx). Compare Latin phalanx.

Noun

phalanga f (genitive phalangae); first declension

Wooden roller (for moving ships or military engines)
pole for carrying things

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phalanga	phalangae
Genitive	phalangae	phalangārum
Dative	phalangae	phalangīs
Accusative	phalangam	phalangās
Ablative	phalangā	phalangīs
Vocative	phalanga	phalangae

Descendants

Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: părângă
Italian: palanca
- → Alemannic German: Palangge
Italian: paranco, palanco
- → French: palan
Old French: planche, planke, planque (probably)
- Anglo-Norman: planke
  - → Danish: plank
  - → Middle English: plank, planke
    - English: plank
      - Tok Pisin: plangk
  - → Middle High German: planke
    - German: Planke (with Middle Low German)
      - → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic: планка
        Latin: planka
  - → Middle Low German: planke
    - German: Planke (with Middle High German)
      - → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic: планка
        Latin: planka
    - → Swedish: planka
      - → Finnish: lankku
  - → Swedish: plank
- French: planche
  - → English: planche
  - → Portuguese: prancha
  - → Spanish: plancha
    - → Cebuano: plantsa
    - → English: plancha
- Norman: plianche
Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: llancha
Old Portuguese: *paanca:
- Galician: panca
- Portuguese: panca
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: palanca
→ Albanian: pleng (possibly)
→ Italian: falanga
→ Polish: falanga
→ Russian: планка (planka)

References

phalanga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
phalanga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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