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
Ancestry of “bombolla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | bulbulla | — |
| 2 | Latin | bulliō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |