Where does “junkballer” come from?
junkballer (English) comes from English junkball, 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.
junkballer (English): A player that hits a lot of slow shots; A pitcher...
Definitions
- A player that hits a lot of slow shots; A pitcher...
Ancestry of “junkballer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | junkball | A deliberately slow shot; An off-speed pitch,... |
| 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 |