Where does “ballra” come from?

ballra (Irish) comes from Irish ball, from Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic ballos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

ballra (Irish): members, membership

Definitions

  1. members, membership

Ancestry of “ballra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishballorgan; component part; member
2Old Irishballa body part; member of a group; part, portion
3Proto-Celticballosmember, penis
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “ballra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ballos →