Where does “بالیوود” come from?
بالیوود (Persian) comes from Hindi बॉलीवुड, from English Bollywood, from English Hollywood, from English Wood, from English Frog, from Portuguese froco, from Latin floccus, from Frankish flokko — to fly, flow, run.
Ancestry of “بالیوود”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | बॉलीवुड | Bollywood |
| 2 | English | Bollywood | The Hindi-language film industry located in Mumbai |
| 3 | English | Hollywood | Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie... |
| 4 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 5 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 6 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 7 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 8 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |