bal
Afrikaans
/bal/
noun
Definitions
- A ball spherical object, used as a toy.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish bal (ball, bad, dance, testicle, bal, toff) inherited from Middle Dutch bal inherited from Old Dutch *bal inherited from Proto-Germanic *balluz (ball).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*balluz
Gloss
ball
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
玉
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bal Dutch, Flemish
- balbezit Dutch, Flemish
- baldadig Dutch, Flemish
- balhoofd Dutch, Flemish
- ballen Dutch, Flemish
- ballenjongen Dutch, Flemish
- ballenknijper Dutch, Flemish
- ballenspel Dutch, Flemish
- ballentent Dutch, Flemish
- balorig Dutch, Flemish
- balpen Dutch, Flemish
- balspel Dutch, Flemish
- balsport Dutch, Flemish
- balverlies Dutch, Flemish
- balzaal Dutch, Flemish
- basketbal Dutch, Flemish
- biljartbal Dutch, Flemish
- bitterbal Dutch, Flemish
- boksbal Dutch, Flemish
- boogbal Dutch, Flemish
- braakbal Dutch, Flemish
- corpsbal Dutch, Flemish
- eierbal Dutch, Flemish
- gehaktbal Dutch, Flemish
- haarbal Dutch, Flemish
- handbal Dutch, Flemish
- hoekbal Dutch, Flemish
- honkbal Dutch, Flemish
- kauwgombal Dutch, Flemish
- kerstbal Dutch, Flemish
- korfbal Dutch, Flemish
- mottenbal Dutch, Flemish
- nasibal Dutch, Flemish
- oogbal Dutch, Flemish
- pluimbal Dutch, Flemish
- reukbal Dutch, Flemish
- sambabal Dutch, Flemish
- slagbal Dutch, Flemish
- slijmbal Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwbal Dutch, Flemish
- speelbal Dutch, Flemish
- strandbal Dutch, Flemish
- stressbal Dutch, Flemish
- teelbal Dutch, Flemish
- tennisbal Dutch, Flemish
- trefbal Dutch, Flemish
- uilenbal Dutch, Flemish
- vangbal Dutch, Flemish
- voetbal Dutch, Flemish
- zaadbal Dutch, Flemish
- *bholn- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰoln- Proto-Indo-European
- *balluz Proto-Germanic
- *beall Old English
- bǫllr Old Norse
- bal Indonesian
- bal Middle Dutch
- bal Old High German
- pluim Afrikaans
- pluimbal Afrikaans
- balla Faroese
- *bal Old Dutch
- ball Old Saxon
- *ball Frankish
- *bal Old Frisian
- *palla lng