− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''delphyn'', ''dolphyn'', from Anglo-French ''delphin'', alteration of Old French ''dalfin'', from Medieval Latin ''dalfinus'', alteration of Latin ''delphinus'', from [[Greek]] ''delphin''-, ''delphis''; akin to [[Greek]] ''delphys'' [[womb]], [[Sanskrit]] ''garbha'' | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''delphyn'', ''dolphyn'', from Anglo-French ''delphin'', alteration of Old French ''dalfin'', from Medieval Latin ''dalfinus'', alteration of Latin ''delphinus'', from [[Greek]] ''delphin''-, ''delphis''; akin to [[Greek]] ''delphys'' [[womb]], [[Sanskrit]] ''garbha'' |
| The name is originally from [[Greek]] δελφίς (''delphís''), "dolphin", which was related to the Greek δελφύς (''delphus''), "[[womb]]". The animal's name can therefore be [[interpreted]] as meaning "a 'fish' with a womb". The name was transmitted via the [[Latin]] ''delphinus'' (the romanization of the later Greek δελφῖνος – ''delphinos''), which in Medieval Latin became ''dolfinus'' and in Old French ''daulphin'', which reintroduced the ph into the [[word]]. The term ''mereswine'' (that is, "sea pig") has also historically been used. | | The name is originally from [[Greek]] δελφίς (''delphís''), "dolphin", which was related to the Greek δελφύς (''delphus''), "[[womb]]". The animal's name can therefore be [[interpreted]] as meaning "a 'fish' with a womb". The name was transmitted via the [[Latin]] ''delphinus'' (the romanization of the later Greek δελφῖνος – ''delphinos''), which in Medieval Latin became ''dolfinus'' and in Old French ''daulphin'', which reintroduced the ph into the [[word]]. The term ''mereswine'' (that is, "sea pig") has also historically been used. |
− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Dolphins''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Dolphins '''''this link'''''].</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Dolphins''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Dolphins '''''this link'''''].</center> |