Where does “pesäpallokypärä” come from?

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

pesäpallokypärä (Finnish): pesäpallo helmet

Definitions

  1. pesäpallo helmet

Ancestry of “pesäpallokypärä”, step by step

pesäpallokypärä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesäpallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesäpalloa sport developed in Finland in the 1920s,...
2Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
3Proto-Germanicballôball
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish kypärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkypärähelmet; hard hat
2Proto-Finnicküpärähat
3Proto-Baltickepur-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →
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