Where does “bokler” come from?

bokler (Middle English) comes from Old French bocler, from Vulgar Latin buccularius, from Latin buccula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “bokler”, step by step

bokler traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French bocler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbocler—
2Vulgar Latinbucculariusbossed
3Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Old French bucler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbucler—

via Old French boucler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboucler—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin buccula →