Where does “brännboll” come from?
brännboll (Swedish) comes from Swedish bränna, from Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic brannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
brännboll (Swedish): a Swedish bat-and-ball game similar to rounders and Danish longball
Definitions
- a Swedish bat-and-ball game similar to rounders and Danish longball
Ancestry of “brännboll”, step by step
brännboll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bränna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bränna | fire; to overheat food; to heat the food until it... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | brænna | to cause to burn, to set fire upon |
| 3 | Old Norse | brenna | to burn with a flame; to be consumed by fire;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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- | — |