Where does “sûfflier” come from?
sûfflier (Norman) comes from Old French sufler, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
sûfflier (Norman): to whistle
Ancestry of “sûfflier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sufler | to blow; to breathe |
| 2 | Latin | sufflō | — |
| 3 | Latin | flō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “sûfflier”