Where does “fotballklubb” come from?
fotballklubb (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk fotball, 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 — to rise, to be tall; hill.
fotballklubb (Norwegian Nynorsk): a football club
Ancestry of “fotballklubb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | fotball | football, association football, soccer; soccer... |
| 2 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 3 | Middle English | fotbal | — |
| 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 |