Where does “boleadeira” come from?

boleadeira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

boleadeira (Portuguese): bolas

Definitions

  1. bolas

Ancestry of “boleadeira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebolaball, sphere, round object; ball; fat person
2Old Occitanbola—
3Latinbullaa bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Latin bulla →