Where does “*foljom” come from?
*foljom (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Ancestry of “*foljom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |