Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “balb-”

91 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European balb- — including booby, bobbin, boob, boobless, boobage, boobyism, boobyish, boobish.

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English (28)

French (10)

Portuguese (10)

Spanish (10)

Italian (8)

Latin (7)

Catalan (3)

Irish (2)

Japanese (2)

Galician (2)

Tagalog (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Irish (1)

Faroese (1)

Manx (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Khmer (1)

Late Latin (1)