Where does “baltums” come from?

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

baltums (Latvian): white, whiteness; white

Definitions

  1. white, whiteness; white

Ancestry of “baltums”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianbaltswhite; clean; counterrevolutionary, member of the...
2Proto-Balto-Slavicbaltto become white
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*bal-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal- →