Where does “بَالِش” come from?
بَالِش (Classical Persian) comes from Pahlavi 𐭡𐭠𐭫𐭱𐭭, from Proto-Iranian barjíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰarȷ́ʰíš, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “بَالِش”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Pahlavi | 𐭡𐭠𐭫𐭱𐭭 | — |
| 2 | Proto-Iranian | barjíš | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰarȷ́ʰíš | pillow; bed or layer of grass |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |