Where does “Baseballerin” come from?
Baseballerin (German) comes from English baseballer, from English baseball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.
Ancestry of “Baseballerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baseballer | A baseball player; a person who plays baseball |
| 2 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 3 | English | Ball | surname |
| 4 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 5 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 6 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 7 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 8 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |