Where does “pallorauta” come from?
pallorauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
pallorauta (Finnish): melon baller
Ancestry of “pallorauta”, step by step
pallorauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish rauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rauta | iron; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | rauta | iron |