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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bal- / -e-
Meaning: strong
Old Indian: bála- n. `power, strength, might', balín- `powerful', bálīyān `more powerful', báliṣṭha- `most powerful'
Old Greek: beltíōn, béltero- `besser', béltisto-, béltato- `bester'
Slavic: *boljь, *bolje
Germanic: *pal-a- adj.
Latin: dēbilis, -e `schwach, gebrechlich, krank; lahm, verstümmelt'
Celtic: OIr adbal `valde, gewaltig', Ir dibeal(l) `alt', diblide `gebrechlich', MIr balc `fest, dick, stark'; Cymr balch `hochragend, stolz', Bret balc'h `stolz, schroff'
Russ. meaning: сильный
References: WP II 110 f, Buck 89-90.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: большо́й,
Near etymology: сравн. степ. бо́льший, укр. бíльший, ст.-слав. бол̂ии м., бол̂ьши ж., болѥ, болг. бо́ле "больше", сербохорв. бо̏љи "лучший", словен. bȯ̑lje "лучше", чеш. только Boleslav, польск. Bolesɫaw.
Further etymology: Родственно др.-инд. bálīyān "сильнее", báliṣṭhas "самый сильный", bálam "сила", греч. βελτίων, βέλτερος, βέλτατος, βέλτιστος "лучше, лучший", лат. dē-bilis "слабый, немощный", нж.-нем., сев.-фриз. pal, pall "крепкий, тугой, жесткий"; см. Остхоф, IF 6, 11 и сл.; Бернекер 1, 72; Торп 218.
Trubachev's comments: [О дальнейших связях и.-е. слов см. еще Тиме, "Language", 31, 1955, стр. 445 и сл. -- Т.]
Pages: 1,191
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *pala-
Meaning: firm, steady
IE etymology: IE etymology
East Frisian: pal `unbeweglich, fest'
Dutch: (Kiliaen) pal zetten, pal staan; te pal setten `vastsetten' (1768), ter palle, te pal komen/raken `vastlopen, in moeilijkheden geraken' (XVI e.)
Low German: pal `unbeweglich, fest'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 166
Root: bel-2
English meaning: strong
German meaning: `stark'
Material: Ai. bála-m n. `Kraft, Stärke, Gewalt', bálīyān `stärker', báliṣṭha- `der stärkste'; gr. βελτίων, βέλτερος `besser', βέλτιστος, βέλτατος `bester' (das -τ- durch Umbildung von *βελί̄ων, *βέλιστος nach φέρτερος usw.); lat. dēbilis `kraftlos, schwach'; aksl. boljьjь `größer', bolje Adv. `magis, plus' und `melius'. Unsicher ndl.-ndd.-fries. pal `unbeweglich, fest'.

    Mit Dehnstufe ai. bālá-ḥ `jung, kindlich', m. `Knabe, Kind', f. `Mädchen'.

References: WP. II 110 f., WH. I 326 f.
Pages: 96
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