Where does “소프트볼 선수” come from?

소프트볼 선수 (Korean) comes from Korean 소프트볼, from English softball, 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.

소프트볼 선수 (Korean): softballer

Definitions

  1. softballer

Ancestry of “소프트볼 선수”, step by step

소프트볼 선수 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 소프트볼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean소프트볼softball
2EnglishsoftballA game similar to baseball but played with a...
3EnglishBallsurname
4Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
5Old Englishbeallball
6EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
7Old Englishhyllhill
8Albanianhullifurrow
9Proto-Germanichullizhill
10Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
11Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

via Korean 선수(選手)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean선수(選手)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH-