Where does “päärynäpallo” come from?
päärynäpallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish päärynä, from Swedish päron, from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.
päärynäpallo (Finnish): speed bag
Ancestry of “päärynäpallo”, step by step
päärynäpallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päärynä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päärynä | pear |
| 2 | Swedish | päron | pear; parent; the barrel of a clarinet |
| 3 | Old Norse | pera | pear tree |
| 4 | Old English | pere | pear |
| 5 | Latin | pirum | a pear |
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- | — |