Where does “футбаліст” come from?

футбаліст (Belarusian) comes from Russian футбо́л, from English football, from Middle English fotbal, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.

футбаліст (Belarusian): footballer British; football player Britain, soccer player US, Canada, Australia

Definitions

  1. footballer British; football player Britain, soccer player US, Canada, Australia

Ancestry of “футбаліст”, step by step

футбаліст traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian футбо́л

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianфутбо́лfootball, soccer
2EnglishfootballA sport played on foot in which teams attempt to...
3Middle Englishfotbalfootball game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby
4Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
5Old Englishbeallball
6EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
7Old Englishhyllhill
8Albanianhullifurrow
9Proto-Germanichullizhill
10Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
11Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

via Belarusian і́ст

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Belarusianі́ст
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH-