Where does “palli” come from?
palli (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish balder, from Old Norse bǫllr, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
palli (Finnish): stool; in plural, balls
Ancestry of “palli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | balder | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | bǫllr | round object, sphere, ball; testicle |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “palli”