Where does “sfolla” come from?

sfolla (Maltese) comes from Italian sfollare, from Italian folla, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

sfolla (Maltese): to disperse

Definitions

  1. to disperse

Ancestry of “sfolla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansfollareto disperse (a crowd)
2Italianfollacrowd; mob; multitude, host; third-person...
3Latinfullofuller
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →