Where does “balts” come from?

balts (Samogitian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

balts (Samogitian): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “balts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavic*bal-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bal- →