Where does “bordtennisboll” come from?
bordtennisboll (Swedish) comes from Swedish bordtennis, from Swedish börd, from Old Swedish byrþ, from Old Norse burðr, from Proto-Germanic burþiz, from Proto-Germanic beraną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.
bordtennisboll (Swedish): a table tennis ball
Definitions
- a table tennis ball
Ancestry of “bordtennisboll”, step by step
bordtennisboll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bordtennis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bordtennis | table tennis |
| 2 | Swedish | börd | a birth (the event), childbirth, delivery |
| 3 | Old Swedish | byrþ | bearing; burden; birth |
| 4 | Old Norse | burðr | carriage, bearing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | burþiz | bearing, carrying; pregnancy; birth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | beraną | to carry, to bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via Swedish boll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | boll | a ball; a more or less spherical object which is... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | balder | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | bǫllr | round object, sphere, ball; testicle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | balluz | round object, ball; ball of the hand, foot, etc |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |