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Where does “foali” come from?

foali (Aromanian) comes from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

foali (Aromanian): bellows; belly; sheep-skin bag used to keep...

Definitions

  1. bellows; belly; sheep-skin bag used to keep...

Ancestry of “foali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfollisbellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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