Where does “ベル” come from?

ベル (Japanese) comes from English Bell, from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic bellā, from Proto-Germanic bellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

ベル (Japanese): bell

Definitions

  1. bell

Ancestry of “ベル”, step by step

ベル traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBella telephone utility; a Baby Bell
2Middle Englishbelle
3Old Englishbellebell
4Proto-West Germanicbellā
5Proto-Germanicbellǭbell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via German Böll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBöll

Words derived from “ベル

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-