Where does “fol” come from?

fol (Galician) comes from Old Occitan fol, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

fol (Galician): bag; bellows; bag, sack, goatskin

Definitions

  1. bag; bellows; bag, sack, goatskin

Ancestry of “fol”, step by step

fol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Occitan fol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanfolmad; insane; crazy
2Latinfollisbellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelǵʰ-to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Old French fol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfolmad; insane; foolish; silly
2Medieval Latinfollis—

Words derived from “fol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ- →