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
- inflection of ballat:
## third-person plural...
Ancestry of “ballet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Northern Sami | ballat | to fear |
| 2 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |