Where does “bolak” come from?

bolak (Malay) comes from Polish ból, from Old Polish ból, from Proto-Slavic boľь — Alternative form of *bȍlь; pain.

bolak (Malay): prevarication

Definitions

  1. prevarication

Ancestry of “bolak”, step by step

bolak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish ból

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbólpain, aching
2Old Polishbólpain
3Proto-SlavicboľьAlternative form of *bȍlь; pain

via Proto-Turkic bȫl-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicbȫl-to divide, separate; to divide, separate,...

Words derived from “bolak”

Every word from Proto-Slavic boľь →Every word from Old Polish ból →Every word from Polish ból →