Portuguese bala

← French balle (derived)

← Middle French balle (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *ballô (derived)

← Old High German *balla (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (mention)

← Italian balla (derived)

→ Portuguese antibalas (affix)

→ Shona bara (borrowed)