Where does “balu rappo” come from?

balu rappo (Makasar) comes from Old Saxon balu-, from Proto-West Germanic *balwa- — mal-, mis-, wrongly, badly, evilly.

balu rappo (Makasar): someone whose fiancé died before their wedding took place

Definitions

  1. someone whose fiancé died before their wedding took place

Ancestry of “balu rappo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbalu-Prefix denoting evil, harm, bad
2Proto-West Germanic*balwa-mal-, mis-, wrongly, badly, evilly
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *balwa-Every word from Old Saxon balu-
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