Where does “булочка” come from?
булочка (Russian) comes from Russian булка, from Polish bułka, from Polish buła, from French boule, from Middle French boule, from Old French bole, from Latin bulla, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
булочка (Russian): bun, roll
Definitions
- bun, roll
Ancestry of “булочка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | булка | roll of bread, small loaf; white bread; buttock |
| 2 | Polish | bułka | bread roll, bun, roll |
| 3 | Polish | buła | butterball, fatso |
| 4 | French | boule | ball, globe; bowl; scoop |
| 5 | Middle French | boule | ball |
| 6 | Old French | bole | knob; fraud, deceit, trickery |
| 7 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |