Where does “puffball skirt” come from?
puffball skirt (English) comes from English puffball, 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.
puffball skirt (English): A skirt whose hemline curves inwards and upwards, somewhat resembling a puffball mushroom
Definitions
- A skirt whose hemline curves inwards and upwards, somewhat resembling a puffball mushroom
Ancestry of “puffball skirt”, step by step
puffball skirt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English puffball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puffball | Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of... |
| 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 |