Proto-Indo-European

*bew-

‘swelling’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bew-.

31 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, most familiar first.

• bill ← bille ← bille ← bulle ← bulla
• pick ← piken ← *piccian ← *pikkōn ← *pikkōną
• bowl ← bowle ← boule ← bulla
• pocket ← poket ← *pokō ← *puhô
• pose ← ġeposu ← pos ← *pos ← *pusą
• purse ← purs ← purs ← pusa ← *pusō
• bulletin ← bullette ← bollettino ← bolletta ← bolla
• buckle ← bokel ← boucle ← buccula ← bucca
• picket ← piquet ← piquer ← picquer ← piquer
• pique ← piquer ← picquer ← piquer ← *pikkōn
• pout ← *poute ← *pūte
• billet ← bylet ← bille ← bulla

More words from *bew-

• bouillon
• picot
• bulla
• pock
• piquet
• ebullition
• pough
• piquette
• bouilli
• picaroon
• bouillotte
• bulliform
• bullarium
• ebullioscopy
• ebullioscope
• picotee
• piquerism
• piquerist
• rebullition
• poll

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bew-