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Where does “bolan” come from?

bolan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bȏl, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.

bolan (Serbo-Croatian): painful; a way of addressing a familiar male

Definitions

  1. painful; a way of addressing a familiar male

Ancestry of “bolan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbȏl—
2Latinvallumwall, rampart, entrenchment
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-—

Words derived from “bolan”

  • bezbolan
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