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Where does “mallgoth” come from?

mallgoth (English) comes from English mall, from English pall mall, from Old French pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio, from Italian palla, from Latin palla, from Frankish ball, from Northern Sami bállu — to fear.

mallgoth (English): A trendy or ingenuine goth

Definitions

  1. A trendy or ingenuine goth

Ancestry of “mallgoth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmallA pedestrianised street, especially a shopping...
2Englishpall mallA 17th-century game in which a ball was driven...
3Old Frenchpale-maille—
4Italianpallamagliopall mall
5Italianpallaball; bullet, shot; testicles
6LatinpallaA rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in...
7Frankishball—
8Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
9Northern Samiballátto become scared
10Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
11Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
12Proto-Uralicpele-to fear
Every word from Proto-Uralic pele- →