Where does “כדורסל” come from?

כדורסל (Hebrew) comes from English basketball, from English Ball, 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.

כדורסל (Hebrew): basketball

Definitions

  1. basketball

Ancestry of “כדורסל”, step by step

כדורסל traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English basketball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbasketballA sport in which two opposing teams of five...
2EnglishBallsurname
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 Hebrew כַּדּוּר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכַּדּוּרball

via Hebrew סַל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewסַלbasket

Words derived from “כדורסל

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kl̥HnísEvery word from Proto-Germanic hulliz
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