Where does “โบว์ลิ่ง” come from?
โบว์ลิ่ง (Thai) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
โบว์ลิ่ง (Thai): bowling
Ancestry of “โบว์ลิ่ง”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bowling | present participle of bowl; A game played by... |
| 2 | English | bowl | A roughly hemispherical container used to hold,... |
| 3 | Middle English | bolle | pod; shell |
| 4 | Old English | bolla | bowl |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |