Where does “bealla” come from?

bealla (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bealla (Old English): round object, ball

Definitions

  1. round object, ball

Ancestry of “bealla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicballôball
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bealla”

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