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Where does “bulçi” come from?

bulçi (Albanian) comes from Albanian bulë, from Proto-Albanian bulā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bulçi (Albanian): cheek, soft part of the face

Definitions

  1. cheek, soft part of the face

Ancestry of “bulçi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianbulëbud, sprout, shoot
2Proto-Albanianbulā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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