Where does “balje” come from?
balje (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French baille, from Latin baiula, from Latin bāiulus, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.
balje (Norwegian Nynorsk): tub
Ancestry of “balje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | baille | tub; water |
| 2 | Latin | baiula | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | bāiulus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pakkô | bundle; pack; package |