Where does “футболистка” come from?
футболистка (Bulgarian) comes from Russian футболи́ст, 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 — to rise, to be tall; hill.
футболистка (Bulgarian): female footballer
Definitions
- female footballer
Ancestry of “футболистка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | футболи́ст | footballer British; football player Britain, soccer player US, Canada, Australia |
| 2 | Russian | футбо́л | football, soccer |
| 3 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 4 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 5 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 6 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 7 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 8 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 9 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |