Where does “potkupallo” come from?
potkupallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pallo, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
potkupallo (Finnish): low-level or friendly football/soccer
Definitions
- low-level or friendly football/soccer
Ancestry of “potkupallo”, step by step
potkupallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via Finnish potku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | potku | kick; a side net steering fish towards a fyke |
| 2 | Finnish | potkia | to kick; Partitive plural form of potka |
| 3 | Votic | -ia | — |
Words derived from “potkupallo”