Compare <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Turkic *balbal (“gravestone”). *<span class="searchmatch">bъlvanъ</span> m statue?, idol? * -ъmь in North <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>, -omь in South <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>. East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: бълъванъ...