Where does “pesäpalloilija” come from?

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

pesäpalloilija (Finnish): A pesäpallo player

Definitions

  1. A pesäpallo player

Ancestry of “pesäpalloilija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesäpalloillato play "pesäpallo"
2Finnishpesäpalloa sport developed in Finland in the 1920s,...
3Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
4Proto-Germanicballôball
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →