Where does “Basketballmannschaft” come from?
Basketballmannschaft (German) comes from German Basketball, from English basketball, 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.
Basketballmannschaft (German): basketball team
Definitions
- basketball team
Ancestry of “Basketballmannschaft”, step by step
Basketballmannschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Basketball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Basketball | basketball |
| 2 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 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 |
via German Mannschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mannschaft | crew members of a ship; team; group of soldiers... |
| 2 | German | -schaft | -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old High German | -skaft | ship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |