Where does “χιονόμπαλα” come from?

χιονόμπαλα (Greek) comes from Greek μπάλα, 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-.

χιονόμπαλα (Greek): snowball; snow globe

Definitions

  1. snowball; snow globe

Ancestry of “χιονόμπαλα”, step by step

χιονόμπαλα traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek μπάλα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekμπάλαball; bauble; football
2Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
3Old Frenchballe—
4Medieval Latinballa—
5Frankishballa—
6Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Greek χιόνι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekχιόνιsnow
2Koine Greekχιόνιον—
3Ancient Greekχιώνsnow; melted snow, ice water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéyōmwinter; year; frost, snow
5Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
6Proto-Indo-European-mi—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz →