Where does “handbolists” come from?
handbolists (Latvian) comes from Latvian handbols, 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.
handbolists (Latvian): handball player, handballer
Definitions
- handball player, handballer
Ancestry of “handbolists”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | handbols | handball |
| 2 | English | handball | A team sport where two teams of seven players... |
| 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 |