Where does “murskauspallo” come from?
murskauspallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
murskauspallo (Finnish): wrecking ball
Ancestry of “murskauspallo”, step by step
murskauspallo 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 murskaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | murskaus | crush, crushing |
| 2 | Finnish | murskata | To crush, smash, shatter, pulverize; To grind; To... |
| 3 | Finnish | tä | what |
| 4 | Finnish | mitä | Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive... |