Where does “honkbal” come from?
honkbal (Dutch) comes from English baseball, 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.
honkbal (Dutch): baseball
Definitions
- baseball
Ancestry of “honkbal”, step by step
honkbal traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English baseball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 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 |