Where does “Fußball” come from?

Fußball (German) comes from English football, from Middle English fotbal, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.

Fußball (German): the sport of association football; soccer; the...

Definitions

  1. the sport of association football; soccer; the...

Ancestry of “Fußball”, step by step

Fußball traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English football

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfootballA sport played on foot in which teams attempt to...
2Middle Englishfotbalfootball game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby
3Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
4Old Englishbeallball
5EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
6Old Englishhyllhill
7Albanianhullifurrow
8Proto-Germanichullizhill
9Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
10Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

via German fuß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfußfoot
2Middle High Germanvuoȥa foot
3Old High Germanfuoȥfoot
4Proto-Germanic*fōt—

via German ball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanballball round or roundish object, most commonly used in games
2Frenchbaldance party, ball
3Old Frenchbal—

Words derived from “Fußball”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kl̥Hnís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulliz →