Where does “jalkapalloliitto” come from?
jalkapalloliitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish jalkapallo, from English football, from Middle English fotbal, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.
jalkapalloliitto (Finnish): A national football association, especially the...
Definitions
- A national football association, especially the...
Ancestry of “jalkapalloliitto”, step by step
jalkapalloliitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jalkapallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jalkapallo | Football; A ball used in that game |
| 2 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 3 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 4 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 5 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 6 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 7 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 8 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |
via Finnish liitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liitto | cooperation based on common agreement, union;... |
| 2 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |