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Where does “*bulo” come from?

*bulo (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic bulô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰl̥no-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Ancestry of “*bulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbulôbull
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰl̥no-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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