Where does “ballo” come from?

ballo (Old High German) comes from Old High German bal, from Northern Sami bállu, from Northern Sami ballát, from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk, from Proto-Uralic pele- — to fear.

Ancestry of “ballo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbalball
2Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
3Northern Samiballátto become scared
4Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
5Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
6Proto-Uralicpele-to fear

Words derived from “ballo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pele- →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk →
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