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Where does “Bulle” come from?

Bulle (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian bula, from Proto-Germanic bulô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰl̥no-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Bulle (Saterland Frisian): bull; steer

Definitions

  1. bull; steer

Ancestry of “Bulle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbula—
2Proto-Germanicbulôbull
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰl̥no-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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