Where does “Handballen” come from?

Handballen (German) comes from German Ballen, from Middle High German balle, from Old High German ballo, from Old High German bal, from Northern Sami bállu, from Northern Sami ballát, from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk — to fear.

Handballen (German): ball of the thumb

Definitions

  1. ball of the thumb

Ancestry of “Handballen”, step by step

Handballen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ballen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBallenbale; ball, pad; gerund of ballen
2Middle High Germanballe—
3Old High Germanballo—
4Old High Germanbalball
5Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
6Northern Samiballátto become scared
7Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
8Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
9Proto-Uralicpele-to fear

via German hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhandhand
2Middle High Germanhanthand
3Old High Germanhanthand
4Proto-West Germanichanduhand
5SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
6Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
7Old Norsehǫndhand
8Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Uralic pele- →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk →