Where does “ballraíocht” come from?
ballraíocht (Irish) comes from Irish ballra, from Irish ball, from Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic ballos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
ballraíocht (Irish): membership; composition
Ancestry of “ballraíocht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | ballra | members, membership |
| 2 | Irish | ball | organ; component part; member |
| 3 | Old Irish | ball | a body part; member of a group; part, portion |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | ballos | member, penis |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |