Where does “bålă” come from?

bålă (Polabian) comes from Middle Low German bulle, from Old Saxon *bulo, from Proto-Germanic bulô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰl̥no-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bålă (Polabian): bull

Definitions

  1. bull

Ancestry of “bålă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbulle—
2Old Saxon*bulo—
3Proto-Germanicbulôbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰl̥no-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰl̥no- →