Where does “ysipallo” come from?

ysipallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ysi, from Finnish yhdeksän, from Proto-Finnic ükteksä, from Proto-Finnic ükci, from Proto-Uralic ükte — one.

ysipallo (Finnish): nine-ball billiards ball

Definitions

  1. nine-ball billiards ball

Ancestry of “ysipallo”, step by step

ysipallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishysinine
2Finnishyhdeksännine
3Proto-Finnicükteksänine
4Proto-Finnicükcione
5Proto-Uralicükteone

via Finnish pallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
2Proto-Germanicballôball
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic ükte →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükci →Every word from Proto-Finnic ükteksä →