Where does “amerikai futball” come from?
amerikai futball (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian futball, 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.
amerikai futball (Hungarian): American football
Definitions
- American football
Ancestry of “amerikai futball”, step by step
amerikai futball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian futball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | futball | soccer |
| 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 Hungarian amerikai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | amerikai | American |
| 2 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 4 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |