Where does “baleset” come from?

baleset (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bál, from German ball, from French bal, from Old French bal.

baleset (Hungarian): accident

Definitions

  1. accident

Ancestry of “baleset”, step by step

baleset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian bál

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbálball
2Germanballball round or roundish object, most commonly used in games
3Frenchbaldance party, ball
4Old Frenchbal—

via Hungarian eset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianesetcase, instance, event, occurrence; affair,...
2Hungarianesikto fall; to rain, to snow; to fall somewhere, to...
3Ottoman Turkishاشیكthreshold, doorsill, doorstep, the lowermost part of a doorway
4Proto-Turkicēĺü-kdoor

Words derived from “baleset”

Every word from Old French bal →Every word from French bal →Every word from German ball →