Where does “ballnasc” come from?
ballnasc (Irish) comes from Irish ball, from Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic ballos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
ballnasc (Irish): ligament
Ancestry of “ballnasc”, step by step
ballnasc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish ball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | ball | organ; component part; member |
| 2 | Old Irish | ball | a body part; member of a group; part, portion |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | ballos | member, penis |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Irish nasc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | nasc | tie, bind; link, chain, tether, connect; connect;... |
| 2 | Old Irish | nasc | fastening, tie, spancel, ring; legal term, bond,... |