Where does “boel” come from?

boel (Dutch) comes from Dutch boedel, from Middle Dutch boedel, from Old Dutch buothal.

boel (Dutch): a lot, bunch; mess, disorderly heap; quarrel

Definitions

  1. a lot, bunch; mess, disorderly heap; quarrel

Ancestry of “boel”, step by step

boel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boedel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboedelestate
2Middle Dutchboedel—
3Old Dutchbuothal—

via Middle Dutch boel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchboel—
2Old Dutchbuolo—
3Proto-Germanicbōlô—

via Middle Dutch boele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchboelebrother; lover; male relative

Words derived from “boel”

Every word from Old Dutch buothal →Every word from Middle Dutch boedel →Every word from Dutch boedel →