Where does “Bellow” come from?
Bellow (English) comes from Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, from Proto-West Germanic belgan, from Proto-Germanic belganą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “Bellow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | belwen | to cry out in anger, rage, roar; to bellow, roar |
| 2 | Old English | belgan | to become angry, to swell with rage |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | belgan | to get angry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | belganą | to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “Bellow”