Etymology

balden

B3A1L1D2E1N1

Today it means: To make bald Full definition →

English bald ← Middle English balled ← Old English bæl?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  3. Old English*beall
  4. Middle Englishbal?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰḗlH-o-m
  7. Proto-Germanic*bēlą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*bāl
  9. Old Englishbæl?
  10. Middle Englishballed
  11. Englishbald
  12. English todaybalden

From bald + -en.

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