"balwa-" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See balwa- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From *balu (“bad, evil”), possibly a calque of Late Latin male-, from male (“badly, wrongly”). Etymology templates: {{calque|gmw-pro|LL.|male-|nocap=1}} calque of Late Latin male- Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|prefix}} *balwa-
  1. mal-, mis-, wrongly, badly, evilly Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
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          "expansion": "Old Dutch: balo-",
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      "text": "Old Dutch: balo-"
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        }
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      "text": "Old High German: balo-"
    },
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    },
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    }
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    }
  ],
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    },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: balu-"
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          "expansion": "Old Dutch: balo-",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: balo-"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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          },
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      ],
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    },
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    }
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  ],
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        "Proto-West Germanic terms calqued from Late Latin",
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  ],
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}

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