Where does “በዓል” come from?

በዓል (Tigrinya) comes from Proto-Semitic *baʕl- — husband, master, lord.

በዓል (Tigrinya): master; feast, festival, holiday, festivity

Definitions

  1. master; feast, festival, holiday, festivity

Ancestry of “በዓል”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*baʕl-husband, master, lord
Every word from Proto-Semitic *baʕl-