Where does “Bolu” come from?

Bolu (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بولی, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

Bolu (Turkish): divided by; over

Definitions

  1. divided by; over

Ancestry of “Bolu”, step by step

Bolu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بولی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبولی—
2Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
3Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

via Turkish bölmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishbölmekto divide, split, separate; to parcel out,...
2Ottoman Turkishبولمكto divide, separate
3Old Anatolian Turkishböl-to separate
4Proto-Turkicbȫl-to divide, separate; to divide, separate,...

Words derived from “Bolu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ptólis →
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