Where does “핸드볼 선수” come from?

핸드볼 선수 (Korean) comes from Korean 핸드볼, from English handball, 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.

핸드볼 선수 (Korean): handball player

Definitions

  1. handball player

Ancestry of “핸드볼 선수”, step by step

핸드볼 선수 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 핸드볼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean핸드볼handball
2EnglishhandballA team sport where two teams of seven players...
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-