Where does “sballottamento” come from?
sballottamento (Italian) comes from Italian sballottare, from Italian ballottare, from Italian ballotta, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.
sballottamento (Italian): tossing, jerking, jolting
Definitions
- tossing, jerking, jolting
Ancestry of “sballottamento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | sballottare | to jolt, bob, toss or throw; to repeatedly move... |
| 2 | Italian | ballottare | to jolt or toss around; to repeatedly move from... |
| 3 | Italian | ballotta | boiled chestnut; ballot; shot, ball |
| 4 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 5 | Old French | balle | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 7 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |