Where does “balai” come from?

balai (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami ballat, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk, from Proto-Uralic pele- — to fear.

balai (Northern Sami): third-person singular past indicative of ballat

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past indicative of ballat

Ancestry of “balai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Samiballatto fear
2Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
3Proto-Uralicpele-to fear
Every word from Proto-Uralic pele- →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk →Every word from Northern Sami ballat →