Where does “ဘတ်စကက်ဘော” come from?
ဘတ်စကက်ဘော (Burmese) comes from English basketball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
ဘတ်စကက်ဘော (Burmese): basketball
Definitions
- basketball
Ancestry of “ဘတ်စကက်ဘော”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |