Where does “pallokolmio” come from?
pallokolmio (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
pallokolmio (Finnish): spherical triangle
Ancestry of “pallokolmio”, step by step
pallokolmio 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 kolmio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolmio | triangle; three-room apartment; give way sign,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kolme | three |
| 3 | Finnish | kolmi | tri- |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *kolme | — |