Where does “focilabda” come from?
focilabda (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian foci, 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 — to rise, to be tall; hill.
focilabda (Hungarian): football (ball), soccer ball
Definitions
- football (ball), soccer ball
Ancestry of “focilabda”, step by step
focilabda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian foci
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | foci | soccer |
| 2 | Hungarian | futball | soccer |
| 3 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 4 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 5 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 6 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 7 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 8 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 9 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |