Etymograph

English

sitzball

Sitzball comes from German Sitzball.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSitzball1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016sitzball1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sitzball
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2016, Geoffery Z. Kohe, Derek M. Peters: “The sitting variant of volleyball was developed initially in…”.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentSitzballWiktionary, English sitzball
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016sitzballWiktionary, English sitzball. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2016, Geoffery Z. Kohe, Derek M. Peters: “The sitting variant of volleyball was developed initially in…”

Every English word from German Sitzball

Today it means

noun A sport somewhat similar to volleyball but played sitting down (and thus suitable for people with disabilities or amputations that diminish their capacity to stand).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sitzball”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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