Where does “Beulenpest” come from?

Beulenpest (German) comes from German Beule, 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".

Beulenpest (German): bubonic plague

Definitions

  1. bubonic plague

Ancestry of “Beulenpest”, step by step

Beulenpest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Beule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeuleswelling; bump
2Middle High Germanbiule—
3Old High Germanbūilla—
4Proto-Germanicbūlijǭswelling
5Proto-Germanicbūlǭswelling; bump; boil
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via German Pest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPestplague
2Middle Frenchpeste—
3Latinpestisa disease, plague; a pest; destruction, ruin,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →