Where does “Beule” come from?

Beule (German) comes from Middle High German biule, from Old High German būilla, from Proto-Germanic būlijǭ, from Proto-Germanic būlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

Beule (German): swelling; bump

Definitions

  1. swelling; bump

Ancestry of “Beule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbiule—
2Old High Germanbūilla—
3Proto-Germanicbūlijǭswelling
4Proto-Germanicbūlǭswelling; bump; boil
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “Beule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →