Where does “balang taesaʼ” come from?
balang taesaʼ (Makasar) comes from Wiradhuri balang, from Tagalog bala, from Spanish bala, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla.
balang taesaʼ (Makasar): a marsh or pond that never dries up
Definitions
- a marsh or pond that never dries up
Ancestry of “balang taesaʼ”, step by step
balang taesaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Wiradhuri balang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiradhuri | balang | head |
| 2 | Tagalog | bala | bullet |
| 3 | Spanish | bala | bullet |
| 4 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 5 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 6 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 7 | Old French | balle | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 9 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Makasar esaʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | esaʼ | dried up; dried out |