Where does “koripallorengas” come from?
koripallorengas (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...
koripallorengas (Finnish): basketball hoop
Ancestry of “koripallorengas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |