Where does “bowlingklot” come from?
bowlingklot (Swedish) comes from Swedish bowling, from English bowling, from English bowl, from Middle English bolle, from Old English bolla, from Proto-Germanic bullô, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
bowlingklot (Swedish): a bowling ball
Definitions
- a bowling ball
Ancestry of “bowlingklot”, step by step
bowlingklot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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- | — |
via Swedish klot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | klot | a solid ball. Often harder than a "boll"; ball;... |
| 2 | English | cloth | A woven fabric such as used in dressing,... |
| 3 | Middle English | cloþ | Alternative form of cloth; cloth, garment |
| 4 | Old English | clāþ | cloth, clothes, covering, sail |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klaiþą | cloth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |