Where does “honkballen” come from?
honkballen (Dutch) comes from Dutch honkbal, from English baseball, from 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.
honkballen (Dutch): to play baseball
Definitions
- to play baseball
Ancestry of “honkballen”, step by step
honkballen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch honkbal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | honkbal | baseball |
| 2 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 3 | English | Ball | surname |
| 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 |