Where does “boillir” come from?

boillir (Old French) comes from Old French bolir, from Latin bulliō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

boillir (Old French): alternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst

Definitions

  1. alternative infinitive of bolir; to boil, burst

Ancestry of “boillir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbolirto boil
2Latinbulliōto bubble
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “boillir”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →