Where does “balla” come from?

balla (Italian) comes 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-.

balla (Italian): large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...

Definitions

  1. large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...

Ancestry of “balla”, step by step

balla traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French balle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchballe—
2Medieval Latinballa—
3Frankishballa—
4Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Northern Sami bállu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
2Northern Samiballátto become scared
3Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
4Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
5Proto-Uralicpele-to fear

via Old High German balo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbalodestruction
2Proto-Germanicbalwąevil, misfortune
3Proto-Germanicbalwazsick; bad, evil, wicked; torturous, painful,...

Words derived from “balla”

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