Where does “malling” come from?

malling (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.

malling (English): The transformation of a district by building...

Definitions

  1. The transformation of a district by building...

Ancestry of “malling”, step by step

malling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mall

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

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
Every word from Proto-Uralic pele-