Where does “Lieblingsfußballmannschaft” come from?
Lieblingsfußballmannschaft (German) comes from German Fußball, 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 — to rise, to be tall; hill.
Lieblingsfußballmannschaft (German): favourite soccer team
Definitions
- favourite soccer team
Ancestry of “Lieblingsfußballmannschaft”, step by step
Lieblingsfußballmannschaft traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fußball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fußball | the sport of association football; soccer; the... |
| 2 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 3 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 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 Liebling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Liebling | darling, dear; favorite |
| 2 | German | liebe | ' inflected form of lieb; inflection of... |
| 3 | Middle High German | liebe | the quality of love, pleasure, joy, favour, love;... |
| 4 | Old High German | lioba | fortune, health, pleasantness, joy |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | leubaz | dear, beloved |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewbʰ- | to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēw- | to sound, resound, sing out; to leave |
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,... |