Where does “luutapallo” come from?

luutapallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

luutapallo (Finnish): broomball

Definitions

  1. broomball

Ancestry of “luutapallo”, step by step

luutapallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
2Proto-Germanicballôball
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish luuta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluutabroom; Partitive singular form of luu
2Proto-Finnicluutabroom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →