Where does “pallopäävasara” come from?
pallopäävasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallopää, from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
pallopäävasara (Finnish): ball-peen hammer
Definitions
- ball-peen hammer
Ancestry of “pallopäävasara”, step by step
pallopäävasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pallopää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pallopää | short-finned pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus one of the two species of cetaceans in the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | pallo | ball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |