Where does “pickleball” come from?

pickleball (English) comes from English pickle boat, from English pickle, from English pick, from Middle English piken, from Middle English pyke, from Old English pīc, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix — sap, juice.

pickleball (English): A racquet sport, played with solid paddles and a...

Definitions

  1. A racquet sport, played with solid paddles and a...

Ancestry of “pickleball”, step by step

pickleball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pickle boat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpickle boatIn certain fishing fleets, the last boat to return to the dock
2EnglishpickleA cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a...
3EnglishpickA tool used for digging; a pickaxe; A tool for...
4Middle EnglishpikenTo pick at; to use a edged tool on; To pierce or...
5Middle EnglishpykeA sharp round point or projection; A point or end...
6Old Englishpīcpointed object, pick axe
7Proto-Germanic*pīk
8Latinpixpitch, tar
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via English Ball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBallsurname
2Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
3Old Englishbeallball
4EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
5Old Englishhyllhill
6Albanianhullifurrow
7Proto-Germanichullizhill
8Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
9Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

Words derived from “pickleball

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi-