Where does “Ball” come from?

Ball (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German bal, from Northern Sami bállu, from Northern Sami ballát, from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk, from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk, from Proto-Uralic pele- — to fear.

Ball (Luxembourgish): ball (round object for playing sports)

Definitions

  1. ball (round object for playing sports)

Ancestry of “Ball”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbalball
2Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
3Northern Samiballátto become scared
4Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
5Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
6Proto-Uralicpele-to fear

Words derived from “Ball”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pele- →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlëtēk →Every word from Proto-Samic pëlājëtēk →