Where does “boli” come from?

boli (Basque) comes from Latin eboreus, from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.

boli (Basque): ivory

Definitions

  1. ivory

Ancestry of “boli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineboreusivory
2Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
3Demoticybivory, Elephantine
4Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
5Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
6Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-

Words derived from “boli

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-
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