Where does “bolle” come from?

bolle (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bollo, from Proto-Germanic bullô, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bolle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbollogoblet
2Proto-Germanicbullôround object; ball; bowl
3Proto-Germanicballôball
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bolle”

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