Where does “bolus” come from?

bolus (Dutch) comes from Yiddish snob, from Spanish bola, from Provençal bola, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bolus (Dutch): A sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from...

Definitions

  1. A sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from...

Ancestry of “bolus”, step by step

bolus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish snob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishsnob—
2Spanishbolaball; hitchhiking, free ride; testicle
3Provençalbola—
4Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin bōlus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbōlusa throw of the dice
2Ancient Greekβῶλοςlump, clod of earth, turf; land, soil; lump of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin bulla →