Where does “bale” come from?
bale (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
bale (Old French): rolled-up bundle, packet of goods
Definitions
- rolled-up bundle, packet of goods
Ancestry of “bale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 2 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “bale”