Where does “rugbyboll” come from?
rugbyboll (Swedish) comes from Swedish rugby, from English Rugby, from English Rokeby, from Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic biją, from Proto-Germanic bijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
rugbyboll (Swedish): a rugby ball
Definitions
- a rugby ball
Ancestry of “rugbyboll”, step by step
rugbyboll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish rugby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | rugby | rugby |
| 2 | English | Rugby | where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated OS grid ref SP5075 |
| 3 | English | Rokeby | A placename |
| 4 | Old Norse | bý | bee |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | biją | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bijǭ | bee |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
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- | — |