Where does “fotball” come from?
fotball (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English football, from Middle English fotbal, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
fotball (Norwegian Nynorsk): football, association football, soccer; soccer...
Definitions
- football, association football, soccer; soccer...
Ancestry of “fotball”, step by step
fotball traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English football
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 2 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |