köken: Inherited from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, probably partially borrowed from Classical Latin bēstia (“beast”), or less likely from an alternative Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”). Compare biche (probably from Old French bisse, itself from Vulgar Latin bīstia; compare Italian biscia).
aile: abêtir, âge bête, bébête, bêta, bétail, bête à Bon Dieu, bête à manger du foin, bête comme chou, bête comme ses deux pieds, bête comme ses pieds
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish ballena, from Latin ballaena, variant of bālaena (compare Catalan balena, French baleine, Galician balea, Italian balena, Portuguese baleia, Romanian balenă), from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina).
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic животьноѥ, животьно (životĭnoje, životĭno), the nominative neuter singular of Old Church Slavonic животьнъ (životĭnŭ). See живо́тный (živótnyj).
köken: Etymology tree Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor. Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor. Azerbaijani heyvan Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
köken: Etymology tree Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor. Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor. Kazakh айуан Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān). Doublet of хайуан (xaiuan).
köken: Etymology tree Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān)bor. Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān)bor. Uzbek hayvon Borrowed from Classical Persian حَیْوَان (haywān), borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālis From anima + -ālis.