Where does “bombolla” come from?

bombolla (Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin bulbulla, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

bombolla (Catalan): bubble

Definitions

  1. bubble

Ancestry of “bombolla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinbulbulla—
2Latinbulliōto bubble
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →