Where does “zabaliti” come from?

zabaliti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian baliti, from Serbo-Croatian bȁla, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla, from Frankish balla, from Proto-Germanic balluz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

zabaliti (Serbo-Croatian): to snivel, drivel, drool

Definitions

  1. to snivel, drivel, drool

Ancestry of “zabaliti”, step by step

zabaliti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian baliti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbalitito snivel, drivel
2Serbo-Croatianbȁlabale, bundle, pack bundle of goods
3Italianballalarge bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,...
4Old Frenchballe
5Medieval Latinballa
6Frankishballa
7Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Serbo-Croatian za

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianzafor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic balluz