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Where does “ミートボール” come from?

ミートボール (Japanese) comes from English meatball, 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.

ミートボール (Japanese): a meatball

Definitions

  1. a meatball

Ancestry of “ミートボール”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeatballA ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and...
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
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