Where does “булочный” come from?
булочный (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-.
булочный (Russian): roll of bread
Definitions
- roll of bread
Ancestry of “булочный”, 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- | — |