Where does “Bălăușeri” come from?
Bălăușeri (English) comes from Romanian Bălăușeri, from Hungarian Balavására, from Hungarian vásár, from Middle Persian wʾčʾl, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Ancestry of “Bălăușeri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Bălăușeri | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | Balavására | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | vásár | fair, market; sale, bargain |
| 4 | Middle Persian | wʾčʾl | market |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |