Where does “koripalloilija” come from?
koripalloilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish koripalloilla, from Finnish koripallo, from Finnish kori, from Swedish korg, from Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon korf — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
koripalloilija (Finnish): basketball player
Definitions
- basketball player
Ancestry of “koripalloilija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koripalloilla | to play basketball |
| 2 | Finnish | koripallo | basketball |
| 3 | Finnish | kori | basket; made of wicker; bodywork, auto body |
| 4 | Swedish | korg | basket; Short for vagnskorg |
| 5 | Old Swedish | korgher | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | kǫrf | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | korf | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | korf | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *korb | — |
| 10 | Latin | corbis | basket; basketful |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | korb | basket |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kurbaz | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | krebô | basket |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |