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Where does “balta” come from?
balta (Ladino) comes from Ottoman Turkish بالطه, from Proto-Turkic baltu — axe.
balta
(Ladino): ax
Definitions
ax
Ancestry of “balta”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
بالطه
ax, axe
2
Proto-Turkic
baltu
axe
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