Where does “kolopallo” come from?
kolopallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
kolopallo (Finnish): golf
Ancestry of “kolopallo”, step by step
kolopallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish kolo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolo | hole; groove; notch, indentation |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kolo | hole |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kolɜ | — |