Where does “sân bóng rổ” come from?

sân bóng rổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bóng rổ, from English basketball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.

sân bóng rổ (Vietnamese): a basketball court

Definitions

  1. a basketball court

Ancestry of “sân bóng rổ”, step by step

sân bóng rổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bóng rổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebóng rổbasketball
2EnglishbasketballA sport in which two opposing teams of five...
3EnglishBallsurname
4Middle EnglishbalA ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,...
5Old Englishbeallball
6EnglishbealA small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather...
7Old Englishhyllhill
8Albanianhullifurrow
9Proto-Germanichullizhill
10Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥Hníshill
11Proto-Indo-EuropeankelH-to rise, to be tall; hill

via Vietnamese sân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesâna yard; a ground for playing physical sports; a...
2Frenchchâleshawl
3HindiशालShorea robusta or the sāl tree; a kind of fish;...
4Urduشالshawl; scarf
5Persianشالshawl; scarf
6Hindiदुशालाshawl
7Sanskritद्विशाट
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kl̥HnísEvery word from Proto-Germanic hulliz