Where does “paluupallo” come from?
paluupallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish paluu, from Finnish uu, from Latin U, from Latin V, from Etruscan ? — u.
paluupallo (Finnish): rebound
Ancestry of “paluupallo”, step by step
paluupallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paluu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paluu | return; comeback |
| 2 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 3 | Latin | U | — |
| 4 | Latin | V | ve |
| 5 | Etruscan | ? | u |
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- | — |