Where does “ballentent” come from?
ballentent (Dutch) comes from Dutch bal, from Middle Dutch bal, from Old Dutch bal, from Frankish ball, from Northern Sami bállu, from Northern Sami ballát, from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk — to fear.
ballentent (Dutch): fairground stall with ball games; ostentatious,...
Definitions
- fairground stall with ball games; ostentatious,...
Ancestry of “ballentent”, step by step
ballentent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bal | a ball or any object with such a shape; testicle,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bal | ball (round object), sphere |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bal | — |
| 4 | Frankish | ball | — |
| 5 | Northern Sami | bállu | testicle, ball |
| 6 | Northern Sami | ballát | to become scared |
| 7 | Proto-Samic | pëlājëtēk | to become scared |
| 8 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |
via Dutch tent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tent | tent; pavillion; a building, especially one used... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tente | — |
| 3 | Old French | tente | tent, temporary hut or other similar building |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tenta | tent; second-person singular present active... |
| 5 | Latin | tentus | stretched; stretched out; extended; distended;... |
| 6 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |