Where does “ohjainpallo” come from?

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

ohjainpallo (Finnish): trackball

Definitions

  1. trackball

Ancestry of “ohjainpallo”, step by step

ohjainpallo 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 ohjain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohjaincontroller; device driver; control
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô