Where does “բալ” come from?
բալ (Armenian) comes from Middle Armenian բալ, from Persian بالو, from Italian ballo, from Italian ballare, from Latin ballāre, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
բալ (Armenian): sour cherry; fog; white fleck
Definitions
- sour cherry; fog; white fleck
Ancestry of “բալ”, step by step
բալ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Armenian բալ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Armenian | բալ | sweet cherry; sour cherry |
| 2 | Persian | بالو | cherry |
| 3 | Italian | ballo | dance, ball; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | ballare | to dance; to fidget; to totter, wobble, shake |
| 5 | Latin | ballāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βαλλίζω | to dance, jump about |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |