Where does “balts” come from?

balts (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic balt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

balts (Latvian): white; clean; counterrevolutionary, member of the...

Definitions

  1. white; clean; counterrevolutionary, member of the...

Ancestry of “balts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicbaltto become white
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*bal-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “balts”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal- →