Where does “Bălți” come from?
Bălți (Romanian) comes from Romanian baltă, from Albanian baltë, from Proto-Albanian baltā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolHto-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “Bălți”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | baltă | puddle, pond, pool ; also swamp |
| 2 | Albanian | baltë | mud, sludge |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | baltā | marsh |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolHto- | white > marsh |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |