Where does “rugbyclub” come from?

rugbyclub (Dutch) comes from Dutch club, from English club, from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

rugbyclub (Dutch): rugby club

Definitions

  1. rugby club

Ancestry of “rugbyclub”, step by step

rugbyclub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch club

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchclubclub, association; club
2EnglishclubAn association of members joining together for...
3Middle EnglishclubbeAn club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile
4Old Norseklubbacudgel
5Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
6Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
7Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Dutch rugby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrugbyrugby sport
2EnglishRugbywhere the sport of rugby is thought to have originated OS grid ref SP5075
3EnglishRokebyA placename
4Old Norsebee
5Proto-Germanicbiją
6Proto-Germanicbijǭbee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-