Where does “Bolle” come from?

Bolle (German) comes from Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic bollā, from Proto-Germanic bullǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Bolle (German): bulb, tuber

Definitions

  1. bulb, tuber

Ancestry of “Bolle”, step by step

Bolle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German bolle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbollebud
2Old High Germanbollaround vessel, bowl
3Proto-West Germanicbollāball; bowl
4Proto-Germanicbullǭround object, ball; round vessel, bowl
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Italian cipolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancipollaonion; pocket watch
2Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-Every word from Proto-Germanic bullǭ