Where does “körfuboltaþjálfari” come from?
körfuboltaþjálfari (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic körfubolti, from English basketball, 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.
körfuboltaþjálfari (Icelandic): basketball coach
Definitions
- basketball coach
Ancestry of “körfuboltaþjálfari”, step by step
körfuboltaþjálfari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic körfubolti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | körfubolti | basketball |
| 2 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 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 Icelandic þjálfari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | þjálfari | coach, trainer |
| 2 | Icelandic | -arí | er, -or; a masculine suffix used to form agent nouns from verb and noun stems |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 4 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |