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Where does “bylgian” come from?

bylgian (Old English) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “bylgian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bylgian”

  • bellows
  • bellow
  • rebellow
  • bellower
  • bellowslike
  • belloweth
  • bellowest
  • bellowsome
  • bellowsfish
  • bellowfish
  • belwen
  • belo
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