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Where does “bolt” come from?

bolt (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic bultaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeld- — to knock, strike.

bolt (Proto-West Germanic): bolt arrow

Definitions

  1. bolt arrow

Ancestry of “bolt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbultazbolt
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeld-to knock, strike

Words derived from “bolt”

  • bold
  • bolt
  • Bolton
  • thunderbolt
  • Bolt
  • bolting
  • boldface
  • deadbolt
  • boldfaced
  • unbolt
  • bolter
  • eyebolt
  • bolthole
  • bolden
  • ringbolt
  • bolthead
  • firebolt
  • kingbolt
  • nonbold
  • boltlike
  • bolteth
  • semibold
  • boltless
  • rebolt
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