Proto-Indo-European

*bʰelǵʰ-

‘to swell’

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

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

• budget ← bogett ← bougette ← bouge ← bulga
• fool ← fol ← fol ← follis ← *bʰolǵʰ-n-is
• belly ← bely ← bielġ ← *balgi ← *balgiz
• foolish ← folisch ← fol ← fol ← follis
• bloc ← blok ← *blok ← *blukką
• folly ← folie ← folie ← fol ← follis
• bolster ← *bolstr ← *bulstraz
• bulge ← boulge ← bulga ← bolgā ← *bolgos
• budge ← bouge ← bogé ← *bogea
• bellows ← belwes ← bely ← bielġ ← *balgi
• follies ← folie ← folie ← folie ← fol
• follicle ← folliculus ← follis ← *bʰolǵʰ-n-is

More words from *bʰelǵʰ-

• billow
• folles
• monobloc
• follis
• polster
• poltroon
• blague
• ballow
• blagueur
• bolgia
• boln
• folliculogenesis
• folliculus
• folar

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-