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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bóng rổ | basketball |
| 2 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 3 | English | Ball | surname |
| 4 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 5 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 6 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 7 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 8 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |