Where does “balje” come from?
balje (Danish) comes from Middle Low German ballie, from French baille, from Latin baiula, from Latin bāiulus, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.
Ancestry of “balje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | ballie | — |
| 2 | French | baille | tub; water |
| 3 | Latin | baiula | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | bāiulus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pakkô | bundle; pack; package |