Where does “balti” come from?
balti (English) comes from Romanian Bălți, from Romanian baltă, from Albanian baltë, from Proto-Albanian baltā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolHto-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
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Ancestry of “balti”, step by step
balti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian Bălți
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Bălți | — |
| 2 | Romanian | baltă | puddle, pond, pool (especially muddy); also swamp |
| 3 | Albanian | baltë | mud, sludge |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | baltā | marsh |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolHto- | white > marsh |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |