Where does “ralo” come from?
ralo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ordlo, from Proto-Indo-European h₂érh₃trom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
ralo (Serbo-Croatian): plow; plowshare
Ancestry of “ralo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | ordlo | plough |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂érh₃trom | plough, ard |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |