#Sanskrit #nā́man-, #Latin #nomen and #English #name, our #PIE *kʷalo-, large fish (cf. Latin #squalus, dogfish or ‘large sea fish’), #OldPrussian #kalis, shad, and #OldEnglish #hwæl, giving present-day #whale suggest possible common origins going back at least 5k (8k+?) years.
NB: caveat emptor!
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#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠, a new species of #spurdog or #dogfish #shark is described from #LaRéunion in the southwestern #IndianOcean. #Elasmobranchii #Squalus #Squalidae
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