Where does “pesäpalloilu” come from?

pesäpalloilu (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-.

pesäpalloilu (Finnish): The sport and practice of playing "pesäpallo"

Definitions

  1. The sport and practice of playing "pesäpallo"

Ancestry of “pesäpalloilu”, 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 →