Where does “balle” come from?
balle (French) comes from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
balle (French): (small) ball
Definitions
- (small) ball
Ancestry of “balle”, step by step
balle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French balle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 2 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 3 | Old French | balle | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 5 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Gaulish balu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaulish | balu | — |