Where does “bolle” come from?

bolle (Neapolitan) comes from Latin bullio, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bolle (Neapolitan): to boil

Definitions

  1. to boil

Ancestry of “bolle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbullioI bubble; I boil
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 →
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