Etymology

goyball

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Today it means: Any sport involving a ball, seen as being part of "goyslop" supposedly promoted by Jews for mass consumption by goyim (non-Jews). Full definition →

English ball ← Middle English bal ← Old English *beall
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrewגּוֹי (goi)
  2. Yiddishגוי (goy)
  3. Englishgoy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  5. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  6. Old English*beall
  7. Middle Englishbal
  8. Englishball
  9. English todaygoyball

From goy + ball.

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