Where does “bȳl” come from?

bȳl (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic būlō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bȳl (Old English): boil

Definitions

  1. boil

Ancestry of “bȳl”, step by step

bȳl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic būlō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbūlōboil; sore
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Proto-Germanic būlijō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbūlijō—

Words derived from “bȳl”

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