Where does “ballëtar” come from?

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

ballëtar (Albanian): leader

Definitions

  1. leader

Ancestry of “ballëtar”, step by step

ballëtar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian ballë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianballëforehead; front part of something; battle front
2Proto-Albanianbalā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Albanian tar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniantar—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Albanian balā →