Words that come from Proto-Germanic būlǭ

400 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Germanic būlǭ — including B, ball, football, bull, baseball, Ball, basketball, soccer.

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English (287)

Turkish (15)

Hungarian (11)

French (10)

Galician (10)

Russian (10)

Armenian (7)

Japanese (7)

Czech (5)

Danish (3)

Dutch (3)

Italian (3)

Tagalog (3)

Korean (3)

Cebuano (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Maltese (2)

Icelandic (2)

Low German (2)

Hausa (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Polish (1)

Irish (1)

Faroese (1)

Hebrew (1)

Venetian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Catalan (1)

Ladin (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Ido (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic būlǭ — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer