English

Polandball

From Poland + ball.

A compound of Poland + ball

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat, wide’

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Proto-Slavic *poľaninъ ‘field dweller’

Proto-Slavic *poľane

Old Polish Polanie ‘Poles’

German Polen

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’

Proto-Germanic *balluz ‘round object’

Old English *beall

Middle English bal ‘a ball’

English ball

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Coined c. 2009.

noun Poland as a countryball.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Polandball