Where does “bȳle” come from?

bȳle (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic būlijǭ, from Proto-Germanic būlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

bȳle (Old English): boil, carbuncle, bile; swelling, blister; boil,...

Definitions

  1. boil, carbuncle, bile; swelling, blister; boil,...

Ancestry of “bȳle”, step by step

bȳle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic būlijǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbūlijǭswelling
2Proto-Germanicbūlǭswelling; bump; boil
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

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 “bȳle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic būlǭ →Every word from Proto-Germanic būlijǭ →