Where does “buli” come from?

buli (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian ul-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁élem — mountain elm.

buli (Albanian): fluttering elm

Definitions

  1. fluttering elm

Ancestry of “buli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianul-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁élemmountain elm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁élem →Every word from Proto-Albanian ul- →