Proto-Indo-European
*bʰel-
‘bright flame, fire’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
100 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, most familiar first.
- ball ← bal ← *beall ← *balluz ← *bʰol-n-
- bowl ← bolle ← bolla ← *bollā ← *bullǭ
- bell ← belle ← belle ← *bellā ← *bellǭ
- bull ← bole ← *bulô ← *bʰl̥no-
- bold ← bald ← *balþ ← *balþaz
- flame ← flawme ← flaumbe ← flamma ← *flagmā
- balloon ← ballon ← pallone ← palla ← balla
- bald ← balled ← bæl ← *bāl ← *bēlą
- boil ← boillen ← boillir ← bulliō ← bulla
- blaze ← blase ← blæse ← *blasā ← *blasǭ
- bale ← bǣl ← *bāl ← *bēlą
- blush ← blusshen ← blysċan ← *blaskijaną ← *bluskijaną
More words from *bʰel-
- blur
- blizzard
- bleach
- bolster
- boldly
- blazer
- budge
- sabha
- blemish
- bellow
- bola
- inflame
- phlegm
- buller
- phallus
- bolero
- blithe
- aflame
- phlox
- blain
- ebullient
- bleat
- bolas
- baleen
- phlegmatic
- slimeball
- pallone
- fulvous
- palla
- fulminate
- fiamma
- fulminant
- bawd
- fulvic
- effulgent
- pulla
- deflagration
- florescence
- poltroon
- bult
- fougère
- refulgent
- fulmen
- bield
- fulgurite
- afalina
- antiphlogistic
- bawcock
- blear
- blike
- bullition
- conflagrate
- deflagrate
- effulge
- enfouldered
- filicoid
- filiciform
- filicic
- filicology
- fleam
- flagrate
- flamboyer
- flammule
- foulder
- fulgent
- fulmine
- fulgurous
- fulgurate
- fulguration
- fulgid
- fulgor
- fulgurator
- fulmineous
- fulvid
- fulgury
- fulgural
- garboil
- jurubaça
- phlegmon
- phlogistic
- phlogogenous
- phlegmasia
- profulgent
- prefulgency
- refulgence
- refulge
- thrapple
- zoofulvin
- blow
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-