Where does “folar” come from?
folar (Ladino) comes from Portuguese folar, from Portuguese fole, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
folar (Ladino): folar traditional bread served at Purim. It is a pastry made from a sweet yeast dough formed around a hard-boiled egg with the shell on for the eater to peel and eat with the sweet bread
Definitions
- folar traditional bread served at Purim. It is a pastry made from a sweet yeast dough formed around a hard-boiled egg with the shell on for the eater to peel and eat with the sweet bread
Ancestry of “folar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | folar | folar traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter |
| 2 | Portuguese | fole | bellows |
| 3 | Latin | follis | bellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |