Where does “pallopeli” come from?
pallopeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
pallopeli (Finnish): ball game
Ancestry of “pallopeli”, step by step
pallopeli 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 peli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peli | game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | spel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |