Where does “bolir” come from?

bolir (Old French) comes 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.

bolir (Old French): to boil

Definitions

  1. to boil

Ancestry of “bolir”, step by step

bolir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin bulliō

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

via Latin bullīre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbullīre—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “bolir”

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