Where does “baloʼ” come from?

baloʼ (Makasar) comes from Dutch balk, from Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch balco, from Proto-West Germanic balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.

baloʼ (Makasar): block: a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance

Definitions

  1. block: a substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance

Ancestry of “baloʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbalkA beam, solid support; A cuboid; A section, icon...
2Middle Dutchbalkebeam
3Old Dutchbalcobeam, log
4Proto-West Germanicbalkōbeam, balk
5Proto-Germanicbalkôbeam, balk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵ-to balk, beam
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