Where does “basketter” come from?

basketter (Dutch) comes from Dutch basket, from English basket, from Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman French bascat, from Late Latin bascauda, from Proto-Celtic baski, from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- — bundle, band.

basketter (Dutch): basketball player

Definitions

  1. basketball player

Ancestry of “basketter”, step by step

basketter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch basket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbasketbasket the goal in basketball
2EnglishbasketA lightweight container, generally round, open at...
3Middle EnglishbasketA basket; The amount that fits in a basket
4Anglo-Norman Frenchbascat—
5Late Latinbascaudakettle, table-vessel
6Proto-Celticbaskibundle, load
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰask-bundle, band

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- →Every word from Proto-Celtic baski →Every word from Late Latin bascauda →