Where does “pallacanestro” come from?

pallacanestro (Italian) comes from English basketball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.

pallacanestro (Italian): basketball, basket

Definitions

  1. basketball, basket

Ancestry of “pallacanestro”, step by step

pallacanestro traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English basketball

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbasketballA sport in which two opposing teams of five...
2EnglishBallsurname
3Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
4Old Englishbeallball
5EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
6Old Englishhyllhill
7Albanianhullifurrow
8Proto-Germanichullizhill
9Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
10Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

via Italian palla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpallaball; bullet, shot; testicles
2Italianmagliomaul; machine hammer; ram
3Latinmalleushammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-no-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Italian canestro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancanestrobasket; hamper
2Latincanistrumwicker basket
3Ancient Greekκάναστρονwicker basket
4Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
5Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
7Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kl̥Hnís →Every word from Proto-Germanic hulliz →