Where does “boulanger” come from?

boulanger (Middle French) comes from Old French boulanger, from Frankish bollā, from Proto-Germanic bullǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “boulanger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchboulangerto bake bread
2Frankishbollābun; ball, bun, bowl, cup; ball
3Proto-Germanicbullǭround object, ball; round vessel, bowl
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “boulanger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bullǭ →