Where does “באַסקעטבאָל” come from?
באַסקעטבאָל (Yiddish) comes from English basketball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
באַסקעטבאָל (Yiddish): basketball
Ancestry of “באַסקעטבאָל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | basketball | A sport in which two opposing teams of five... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |