Where does “បាល់ទះ” come from?
បាល់ទះ (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.
បាល់ទះ (Khmer): volleyball
Definitions
- volleyball
Ancestry of “បាល់ទះ”, step by step
បាល់ទះ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer បាល់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បាល់ | ball; ball game |
| 2 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 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- | — |
via Khmer ទះ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ទះ | to slap with the palm of the hand |