Where does “balegva” come from?

balegva (Cornish) comes from Hungarian balek, from Slovincian bal, from German ball, from Middle High German bal.

balegva (Cornish): balcony

Definitions

  1. balcony

Ancestry of “balegva”, step by step

balegva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian balek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbalekdupe, mug, sucker
2Slovincianbalball
3Germanballball round or roundish object, most commonly used in games
4Middle High Germanbal—

via Cornish va

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishvahe
2Cornishevhe
Every word from Middle High German bal →