Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bū-

144 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bū- — including boiling, bull, boil, boiler, bile, bullshit, bulldog, bullish.

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English (99)

German (6)

Middle English (5)

Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

Hungarian (3)

Tok Pisin (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Russian (1)

Korean (1)

French (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Irish (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Czech (1)

Polish (1)

Slovene (1)

Spanish (1)

Dadibi (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old English (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European bū- — 144 descendants | Etymology Explorer