Where does “bola mano” come from?

bola mano (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano mano, from Spanish maño, from Spanish hermano, from Old Spanish ermano, from Vulgar Latin germanus, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

bola mano (Cebuano): the cue ball

Definitions

  1. the cue ball

Ancestry of “bola mano”, step by step

bola mano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano mano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanomanoa schoolyard pick; the hand; to pick an it
2Spanishmañobig; of or from Aragón; someone from Aragón
3Spanishhermanobrother; sibling; bro
4Old Spanishermanobrother
5Vulgar Latingermanusbrother; of brothers or sisters; full, own
6LatinGermānus
7Latingermenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,...
8Proto-Italicgenamen
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Cebuano bola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobolaball, sphere
2Spanishbolaball; hitchhiking, free ride; testicle
3Provençalbola
4Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-