Where does “pesäpallopeli” come from?

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

pesäpallopeli (Finnish): a pesäpallo game

Definitions

  1. a pesäpallo game

Ancestry of “pesäpallopeli”, step by step

pesäpallopeli 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 peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ballô →
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