Where does “fotballklubb” come from?
fotballklubb (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål klubb, from English club, from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
fotballklubb (Norwegian Bokmål): a football club
Definitions
- a football club
Ancestry of “fotballklubb”, step by step
fotballklubb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål klubb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | klubb | a club |
| 2 | English | club | An association of members joining together for... |
| 3 | Middle English | clubbe | An club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile |
| 4 | Old Norse | klubba | cudgel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klumpô | clasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | glemb- | log, block |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
via Norwegian Bokmål fotball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | fotball | football, association football, soccer; soccer... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | fot | a foot |
| 3 | Old Norse | fótr | a foot |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fōts | foot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |