Where does “ballot” come from?
ballot (Northern Sami) comes from Northern Sami ballat, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk, from Proto-Uralic pele- — to fear.
ballot (Northern Sami): first-person plural imperative of ballat
Definitions
- first-person plural imperative of ballat
Ancestry of “ballot”, 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 |