Where does “bull” come from?

bull (Catalan) comes from Catalan bullir, from Latin bullīre, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bull (Catalan): boiling; effervescence; a type of pork sausage

Definitions

  1. boiling; effervescence; a type of pork sausage

Ancestry of “bull”, step by step

bull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan bullir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanbullirto boil
2Latinbullīre—
3Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin botulus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbotulussausage, black pudding
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-resin, gum
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin bulla →