Where does “pallonriisto” come from?

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

pallonriisto (Finnish): stealing possession of the ball

Definitions

  1. stealing possession of the ball

Ancestry of “pallonriisto”, step by step

pallonriisto 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 riisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishriistodeprivation
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →