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Where does “boul” come from?

boul (Old French) comes from Latin betullus, from Latin betulla, from Gaulish bitu, from Proto-Celtic betwiyos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.

boul (Old French): birch

Definitions

  1. birch

Ancestry of “boul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbetullus—
2Latinbetulla—
3Gaulishbitu—
4Proto-Celticbetwiyos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-—

Words derived from “boul”

  • boula
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- →