Where does “pallo-ohdake” come from?

pallo-ohdake (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

pallo-ohdake (Finnish): globe thistle any plant of genus

Definitions

  1. globe thistle any plant of genus

Ancestry of “pallo-ohdake”, step by step

pallo-ohdake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
2Proto-Germanicballôball
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish ohdake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohdakethistle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →
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