hullabaloo 2

Merriam-Webster online disagrees with the etymology from Wiktionary - i.e. the Indian origin story. MW gives the word a Scottish twist, or is it a Scotch twist?

Here is what its says at http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hullabaloo

"perhaps from hallo + Scots balloo, interjection used to hush children. Date: 1762"

What do you guys say in this Indian vs Scot origin saga?

Let us decide in this hullabaloo.

hullabaloo

I am back, a long break... but its been an important break, achieved the most significant milestone in life...

The title seems appropriate since its my hullabaloo after a hiatus. The word came to mind while browsing India related news on the web and in a currently running episode, it seems the GoI led by the good doctor is exasperated by its friends on the Left hand side, who it seems find a cause a month to create "hullabaloo" - (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
No_nuclear_warhead_on_carrier_Govt/articleshow/2152192.cms)

As soon as I read it, I began wondering about its origins. But the brave new word of wiki says "wonder no more, search hither".

As an aside, wiki is in a list of top ten most hated words spawned by the web. - http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sci-tech/06_2007/the-most-irritating-web-words-ever-43625.html

Hullabaloo, as expected, originated from the Indian word "Hullabol" (information courtesy yet another wiki, Wiktionary), which is what people on the left do most of the time and the people of the right do so nearly as frequently. It is used to describe a kind of demonstration which kicks off great noise and dust.