Where does “bal” come from?
bal (Silesian) comes from Old Polish bal, from Middle High German balle, from Old High German ballo, from Old High German bal, from Northern Sami bállu, from Northern Sami ballát, from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk — to fear.
bal (Silesian): ball
Definitions
- ball
Ancestry of “bal”, step by step
bal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Polish bal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | bal | bale |
| 2 | Middle High German | balle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ballo | — |
| 4 | Old High German | bal | ball |
| 5 | Northern Sami | bállu | testicle, ball |
| 6 | Northern Sami | ballát | to become scared |
| 7 | Proto-Samic | pëlājëtēk | to become scared |
| 8 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |
via German Schneeball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schneeball | snowball; viburnum, any shrub of the genus... |
| 2 | German | Schnee | snow; cocaine |
| 3 | Middle High German | snê | snow |
| 4 | Old High German | snēo | snow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | snaiw | snow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | snaiwaz | snow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | snóygʷʰos | snow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sneygʷʰ- | to snow |