Where does “bowlinghall” come from?
bowlinghall (Swedish) comes from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
bowlinghall (Swedish): a bowling alley
Definitions
- a bowling alley
Ancestry of “bowlinghall”, step by step
bowlinghall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish håll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | håll | a stop, a station; a direction; a range, a... |
| 2 | Swedish | plats | place; any geographical position a little larger... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | platz | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 6 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Swedish bowling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bowling | bowling; a game played by rolling a ball down an... |
| 2 | English | bowling | present participle of bowl; A game played by... |
| 3 | English | bowl | A roughly hemispherical container used to hold,... |
| 4 | Middle English | bolle | pod; shell |
| 5 | Old English | bolla | bowl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |