Where does “boll” come from?

boll (Maltese) comes from Italian bollo, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

boll (Maltese): postage stamp

Definitions

  1. postage stamp

Ancestry of “boll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbollostamp; seal; brand
2Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin bulla →