Where does “Balta Albă” come from?

Balta Albă (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 “Balta Albă”, step by step

Balta Albă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian baltă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianbaltăpuddle, pond, pool (especially muddy); also swamp
2Albanianbaltëmud, sludge
3Proto-Albanianbaltāmarsh
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰolHto-white > marsh
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Romanian alb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianalbwhite; clean, pure, immaculate; the color white
2LatinAlbuswhite properly without, dull white
3Proto-Italicalβoswhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élbʰoswhite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰolHto- →
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