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

  1. rolled-up bundle, packet of goods

Ancestry of “bale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinballa—
2Frankishballa—
3Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz →