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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (white). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bolto (swamp), Romanian baltă (mud, swamp) and Albanian baltë (mud). Often considered an Illyrian substratum word.

Noun edit

βάλτος (váltosm (plural βάλτοι)

  1. swamp, quagmire, bog

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