Where does “boboll” come from?

boboll (Swedish) comes from Swedish Bo, from Old Norse búi, from Tagalog buo, from French bouée, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη — army.

boboll (Swedish): pesäpallo sport developed in Finland in 1920's based largely on baseball

Definitions

  1. pesäpallo sport developed in Finland in 1920's based largely on baseball

Ancestry of “boboll”, step by step

boboll traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish Bo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishBoto live, to dwell, to reside
2Old Norsebúidweller, inhabitant; neighbour; a neighbour...
3Tagalogbuowhole; entire; complete, absolute, perfect;...
4Frenchbouéebuoy (nautical: a moored float)
5Middle Dutchboeyelife buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter
6Old Frenchboiebond, chain; fetter, chain, clog
7Latinboiafetter, collar for the neck
8Ancient Greekβοείηox hide
9Ancient Greekβοῦςcow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι...
10LatincorvusA raven; a bird associated with prophecy and...
11Proto-Italickorwos
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
15Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Swedish boll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbolla ball; a more or less spherical object which is...
2Old Swedishbalder
3Old Norsebǫllrround object, sphere, ball; testicle
4Proto-Germanicballuzround object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Finnish pesäpallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesäpalloa sport developed in Finland in the 1920s,...
2Finnishpesänest; den; hive
3Proto-Finnicpesänest
4Proto-Uralicpesänest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-