Where does “balang-araw” come from?
balang-araw (Tagalog) comes from Wiradhuri balang, from Tagalog bala, from Spanish bala, from French balle, from Middle French balle, from Italian balla, from Old French balle, from Medieval Latin balla.
balang-araw (Tagalog): one day; someday
Definitions
- one day; someday
Ancestry of “balang-araw”, step by step
balang-araw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Wiradhuri balang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiradhuri | balang | head |
| 2 | Tagalog | bala | bullet |
| 3 | Spanish | bala | bullet |
| 4 | French | balle | (small) ball |
| 5 | Middle French | balle | ball; bundle |
| 6 | Italian | balla | large bundle, torsello, bale, reap; falsehood,... |
| 7 | Old French | balle | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | balla | — |
| 9 | Frankish | balla | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |