köken: Etymology tree Middle Dutch honc Dutch honk Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Proto-West Germanic *ballu Old Dutch *bal Middle Dutch bal Dutch bal ▲ English baseballcalq. Dutch honkbal From honk + bal. Calque of English baseball.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English baseballubor. Polish baseball Unadapted borrowing from English…
Coined by Japanese educator and baseball player Kanae Chūman in 1894 as a calque of English baseball, from 野(や) (ya, “field”) + 球(きゅう) (kyū, “ball, sphere”).