Where does “boulevardblad” come from?

boulevardblad (Dutch) comes from Dutch boulevard, from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from Middle High German bole, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic bollā.

boulevardblad (Dutch): tabloid

Definitions

  1. tabloid

Ancestry of “boulevardblad”, step by step

boulevardblad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boulevard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboulevardboulevard
2Frenchboulevardcauseway; boulevard
3Middle Frenchbolevard—
4Middle Dutchbolwercbulwark, bastion
5Middle High Germanbolwerc—
6Middle High Germanboleplank, beam
7Old High Germanbollaround vessel, bowl
8Proto-West Germanicbollāball; bowl
9Proto-Germanicbullǭround object, ball; round vessel, bowl
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Dutch blad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbladleaf; sheet of paper, leaf; page
2Middle Dutchblatleaf; page; panel
3Old Dutchblāt—
4Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
5Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →