Where does “ballet” come from?

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

ballet (Northern Sami): inflection of ballat: ## third-person plural...

Definitions

  1. inflection of ballat: ## third-person plural...

Ancestry of “ballet”, 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 →