Where does “koripallojoukkue” come from?
koripallojoukkue (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic *korb — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
koripallojoukkue (Finnish): basketball team
Definitions
- basketball team
Ancestry of “koripallojoukkue”, step by step
koripallojoukkue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koripallo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koripallo | basketball |
| 2 | Finnish | kori | basket; made of wicker; bodywork, auto body |
| 3 | Swedish | korg | basket; Short for vagnskorg |
| 4 | Old Swedish | korgher | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | kǫrf | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | korf | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | korf | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *korb | — |
| 9 | Latin | corbis | basket; basketful |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | korb | basket |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kurbaz | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | krebô | basket |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Finnish joukkue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joukkue | A team; A platoon |
| 2 | Finnish | joukko | group, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joukko | group |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jaukiją | draught animal; team of oxen |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |