bale
English
/beɪ̯l/
noun
Definitions
- Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- Suffering, woe, torment.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bale (evil, bale, funeral pyre, pyre) inherited from Old English bealo inherited from Proto-Germanic *balwą (evil).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*balwą
Gloss
evil
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baleage English
- balefire English
- baleful English
- balefully English
- balefulness English
- baler English
- fire English
- hay English
- haybale English
- straw English
- strawbale English
- unbale English
- blattea Latin
- fulica Latin
- Ballen German
- Ballung German
- ballen German
- ballo Italian
- fúlica Spanish, Castilian
- φαλακρός Ancient Greek
- φαλός Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *balluz Proto-Germanic
- *balwą Proto-Germanic
- bealo Old English
- bealocwealm Old English
- bealohydig Old English
- bealu Old English
- feorhbealo Old English
- morþbealo Old English
- nihtbealo Old English
- bale Middle English
- bale-fyre Middle English
- bale-siðe Middle English
- baleful Middle English
- bales Middle English
- bǫl Old Norse
- bale Old French
- böl Icelandic
- balo Old High German
- బేలు Telugu
- balla Faroese
- alle Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- balstūrich Middle Low German
- balu Old Saxon
- balu- Old Saxon
- fòłega Venetian