Where does “baseballspiller” come from?
baseballspiller (Danish) comes from Danish baseball, 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 — to rise, to be tall; hill.
baseballspiller (Danish): baseball player, baseballer
Definitions
- baseball player, baseballer
Ancestry of “baseballspiller”, step by step
baseballspiller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish baseball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | baseball | baseball ball game |
| 2 | American English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 3 | English | ball | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical... |
| 4 | Middle English | ball | Alternative form of bal; Alternative form of bale |
| 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 |
via Danish spiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | spiller | player; gambler; gamer |
| 2 | Danish | spille | to play; to gamble, play a game; to move quickly |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spelen | verb |
| 4 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |