Where does “kosárlabda” come from?

kosárlabda (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian labda, from Proto-Slavic lopъta — ball.

kosárlabda (Hungarian): basketball

Definitions

  1. basketball

Ancestry of “kosárlabda”, step by step

kosárlabda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian labda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlabdaball
2Proto-Slaviclopъtaball

via Hungarian kosár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankosárbasket; basketful; shopping basket

Words derived from “kosárlabda”

Every word from Proto-Slavic lopъta →Every word from Hungarian labda →
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