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

  1. first-person plural imperative of ballat

Ancestry of “ballot”, 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 →
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