Where does “basebollkeps” come from?
basebollkeps (Swedish) comes from Swedish baseboll, from English baseball, 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.
basebollkeps (Swedish): a baseball cap
Definitions
- a baseball cap
Ancestry of “basebollkeps”, step by step
basebollkeps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish baseboll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | baseboll | baseball a ball game played mainly in North America |
| 2 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 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 |
via Swedish keps
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | keps | a cap (head covering) with a bill or peak |
| 2 | English | caps | plural of cap; API pl; Capital letters; capitals |
| 3 | English | cap | A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | cappe | cap; hat; A bandage or other covering to protect... |
| 5 | Old English | cæppe | hat |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *kappijā | — |