Where does “bocha” come from?

bocha (Galician) comes from Italian boccia, from Vulgar Latin buttia, from Latin buttis, from Ancient Greek πυτίνη, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeHw- — to swell, puff.

bocha (Galician): blister; pimple, pustule; a kind of sausage

Definitions

  1. blister; pimple, pustule; a kind of sausage

Ancestry of “bocha”, step by step

bocha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian boccia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbocciabowl, bowling ball; flagon, decanter
2Vulgar Latinbuttia—
3Latinbuttiscask, barrel
4Ancient Greekπυτίνηa flagon, flask
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰeHw-to swell, puff

via Latin pustula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpustulainflamed sore, blister, pustule
2Finnishpus-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “bocha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeHw- →Every word from Ancient Greek πυτίνη →Every word from Latin buttis →