Where does “tagball” come from?
tagball (English) comes from English paintball, 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.
tagball (English): a game/sport similar to paintball, where one tags...
Definitions
- a game/sport similar to paintball, where one tags...
Ancestry of “tagball”, step by step
tagball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English paintball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paintball | A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin... |
| 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 |