English

Paleo-Balkan

From paleo- + Balkan.

Ancient Greek πάλαι ‘long ago’

Ancient Greek παλαιός ‘old’

Old Turkic *bal- ‘to cling, to be runny’

Ottoman Turkish بالقان ‘The Balkan mountains’

Today it means

adj Being one of the ancient Indo-European languages of the Balkans which are of uncertain classification.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Paleo-Balkan