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Where does “ballë” come from?

ballë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian balā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

ballë (Albanian): forehead; front part of something; battle front

Definitions

  1. forehead; front part of something; battle front

Ancestry of “ballë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianbalā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “ballë”

  • balsha
  • Yllballe
  • Ballan
  • përball
  • ballungë
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