Where does “baseball” come from?
baseball (Danish) comes from American English baseball, from English ball, from Middle English ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.
baseball (Danish): baseball ball game
Definitions
- baseball ball game
Ancestry of “baseball”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 2 | English | ball | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical... |
| 3 | Middle English | ball | Alternative form of bal; Alternative form of bale |
| 4 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 5 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 6 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 7 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 8 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |