Where does “bullkë” come from?
bullkë (Albanian) comes from Bulgarian бу́лка, from Russian булка, from Polish bułka, from Polish buła, from French boule, from Middle French boule, from Old French bole, from Latin bulla.
bullkë (Albanian): wife
Definitions
- wife
Ancestry of “bullkë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgarian | бу́лка | bride, young wife |
| 2 | Russian | булка | roll of bread, small loaf; white bread; buttock |
| 3 | Polish | bułka | bread roll, bun, roll |
| 4 | Polish | buła | butterball, fatso |
| 5 | French | boule | ball, globe; bowl; scoop |
| 6 | Middle French | boule | ball |
| 7 | Old French | bole | knob; fraud, deceit, trickery |
| 8 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |