Where does “honkballer” come from?
honkballer (Dutch) comes from Dutch honkballen, from Dutch honkbal, from English baseball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll — to rise, to be tall; hill.
honkballer (Dutch): a baseball player
Definitions
- a baseball player
Ancestry of “honkballer”, step by step
honkballer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch honkballen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | honkballen | to play baseball |
| 2 | Dutch | honkbal | baseball |
| 3 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 4 | English | Ball | surname |
| 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 |