Where does “آلوبالو” come from?

آلوبالو (Persian) comes from Persian بالو, from Italian ballo, from Italian ballare, from Latin ballāre, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω, from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

آلوبالو (Persian): sour cherry

Definitions

  1. sour cherry

Ancestry of “آلوبالو”, step by step

آلوبالو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian بالو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبالوcherry
2Italianballodance, ball; first-person singular present...
3Italianballareto dance; to fidget; to totter, wobble, shake
4Latinballāre
5Ancient Greekβαλλίζωto dance, jump about
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via Persian آلو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianآلوplum, prune; potato
2Urduآلوpotato; plum, prune
3Sanskritआलुकa kind of ebony
4Sanskritआलुan edible root; potato
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHlu-root

Words derived from “آلوبالو

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Ancient Greek βαλλίζωEvery word from Latin ballāre
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