Where does “baseballsapka” come from?
baseballsapka (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian baseball, from English baseball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.
baseballsapka (Hungarian): baseball cap
Definitions
- baseball cap
Ancestry of “baseballsapka”, step by step
baseballsapka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian baseball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | baseball | baseball |
| 2 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 3 | English | Ball | surname |
| 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 sapka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sapka | cap, skullcap, bonnet; cap |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | šapka | hat |
| 3 | Russian | ша́пка | hat |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | шапка | — |
| 5 | Old French | chape | cape |
| 6 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |