Indo-European etymology : Query result

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.