The story
- Russian · borrowed fromбелу́га
- English todaybeluga
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”). In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish Huso huso only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes the cetacean.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.