Words that come from Proto-Germanic “balluz”

400 words across 33 languages descend from Proto-Germanic balluz — including B, ball, football, baseball, balloon, basketball, ballot, mall.

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English (239)

Italian (21)

Dutch (19)

French (17)

Hungarian (16)

Turkish (12)

Swedish (12)

Danish (8)

Russian (8)

Czech (5)

Galician (4)

Armenian (4)

Crimean Tatar (3)

Tagalog (3)

Japanese (3)

Icelandic (2)

Estonian (2)

Cebuano (2)

Sicilian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Catalan (2)

Korean (2)

Greek (2)

Middle French (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Hausa (1)

Polish (1)

Latin (1)

Maltese (1)

Indonesian (1)

Chamicuro (1)

Old Frisian (1)