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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *balwa-n, *balwōn- vb.
Meaning: wicked, evil
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: balwa-wēsī f. (n) `wickedness'
Old Norse: { bɔl f. `misfortune, damage'; bɔlva wk. `curse' }
Old English: bealo `evil, wicked'
English: baleful
Old Frisian: bealu n. (wa) `evil, misfortune, damage'
Old Saxon: balu `evil'
Old High German: balo, gen. balawes m. (wa) `destruction'
Middle High German: bale st. m. 'böses, unrecht'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhAl(w)-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: pain, illness
Tokharian: A päl, B pīle 'wound' (PT *päle) (Adams 387 without etymology)
Slavic: *bolь, *bolḗtī
Germanic: *balw-a- n., *balw-ō- vb.
Albanian: geg. bolbë 'casualty'
Russ. meaning: боль, болезнь
References: WP II 189
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: боль
Near etymology: ж., укр. бiль, род. п. болю -- то же, ст.-слав. боль ἀσθένεια (Cynp.), сербохорв. бо̑л м., словен. bȏɫ м. Сюда же боле́ть, укр. болíти, ст.-слав. болѣти, болг. боле́я, сербохорв. бо̀љети, словен. boljéti, чеш. boleti, польск. boleć, в.-луж. bolić, boleć, н.-луж. bóleś.
Further etymology: Родственно д.-в.-н. balo "пагуба, зло", др.-исл. bǫl, др.-англ. bealu, гот. balwawesei "злость", balwjan "мучить"; см. И. Шмидт, КZ 32, 342; Хольтхаузен, Aengl. Wb. 17; Смешек, Mat. i Р. 4, 393 и сл.; Младенов 40; Торп 268 и сл.; против см. Бернекер 1, 71 и сл. Отнюдь не заимств. из герм., вопреки Хирту, РВВ 23, 331. Неубедительна попытка Вайана (RES 22, 40) связать bolěti с bolьjь (см. бо́лее, большо́й).
Trubachev's comments: [Ср. еще Трубачев, ВСЯ, 3, 1958, стр. 124 и сл. -- Т.]
Pages: 1,191
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 223
Root: bheleu-
English meaning: to hit; weak, ill
German meaning: `schlagen, durch Schlagen kraftlos machen, schwach, krank'
Material: Acorn. bal f., pl. -ow `Krankheit', mbr. baluent;

    got. balwa-wēsei `κακία', balwjan `quälen', ags. bealo `übel, böse', aisl. bǫl, Dat. bǫlve `Unglück', ahd. balo, Gen. balawes `Verderben'; got. bliggwan (*bleuu̯an) `schlagen', ahd. bliuwan, nhd. bleuen ds., mengl. blowe `Schlag', aisl. blegðe m. (*blauu̯iðan-) `Keil';

    abg. bolъ `Kranker', bolė́ti `krank sein'.

    Über nhd. Block usw. s. unter bhel-5.

References: WP. II 189, Hirt Idg. Gr. II 150, Feist 79, 100, Specht Dekl. 133.
See also: Daneben eine Wzf. bhlēu- : bhlǝu- : bhlū-, s. dort.
Pages: 125
PIE database: PIE database
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *baHli
Meaning: wound, pain
Indo-European: *bhol-
Altaic: *bi̯ā́ĺ(č)a
Dravidian: ?SDR *Poḷ- 'to swell; blister' (3816)
Comments: Cf. also *bVlHV.
References: МССНЯ 331, ОСНЯ 1, 172; ND 194 *beLu (? part of IE and Alt. forms + Arab. bly / blw??); 210 *baHĺV.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bi̯ā́ĺča
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: harm, wound
Russian meaning: вред, повреждение, рана
Turkic: *biāĺč
Mongolian: *bilčawu
Tungus-Manchu: *bial-
Japanese: *bánsá-pápí
Comments: Мудрак Дисс. 90, 194.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *biāĺč
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wound
Russian meaning: рана
Old Turkic: baš (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: baš (MK, KB)
Turkish: baš (dial.)
Turkmen: bāš
Chuvash: püźek 'scar'
Yakut: bās
Dolgan: bās
Tuva: baiś (Krg. Castr. 124)
Comments: EDT 376, VEWT 65, ЭСТЯ 2, 88-89, ОСНЯ 1, 172, Мудрак Дисс. 90, 194, Stachowski 57. Usually united with balɨɣ 'wound, wounded', but cf. PA *mā̀li.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *bilčawu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wound, scar
Russian meaning: рана, шрам, нарыв
Written Mongolian: bilčaɣu, (L 104) bilčuu
Khalkha: b́alcū
Ordos: bilčirū, bülčürǖ
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *bial-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to harm, damage 2 to be in a difficult position, obstructed
Russian meaning: 1 вредить 2 затрудняться, не сметь, не добиться
Evenki: bē̂l- 2
Even: beleŋe- 1
Literary Manchu: bele- 1
Ulcha: bajlị- 'to wound'
Comments: ТМС 1, 66, 79; 125.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *bánsá-pápí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: damage, harm, disaster
Russian meaning: вред, несчастье
Old Japanese: wazapap(j)i
Middle Japanese: wazafafi
Tokyo: wàzawai
Kyoto: wázáwái
Kagoshima: wazawái
Comments: JLTT 569.
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