Where does “bale” come from?

bale (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French bale, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbalerolled-up bundle, packet of goods
2Medieval Latinballa—
3Frankishballa—
4Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz →