Where does “បាល់ទាត់” come from?
បាល់ទាត់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer បាល់, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz.
Ancestry of “បាល់ទាត់”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Khmer | បាល់ | ball; ball game |
| 2 | French | balle | ball; bullet; franc , euro |
| 3 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 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- | — |