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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *bolb-
Meaning: a k. of plant with edible tuber
Old Indian: bálbaja- m. `Eleusine indica (a sp. of coarse grass not liked by cattle)'
Old Greek: bolbó-s `Zwiebel'
Latin: bulbus, -ī m. `Zwiebel, Bolle, Wurzelknolle'
Russ. meaning: бульба
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 174
Root: bol-
English meaning: tuber
German meaning: `Knolle, runde Schwellung'
Material: Arm. boɫk `Radieschen', gr. βολβός `Zwiebel' (auch βόλβιτος, dissimiliert att. βόλιτος `Mist', wenn etwa ursprüngl. von Ziegen oder Pferden?), βω̃λος, βω̃λαξ `Erdscholle'; ai. bálba-ja-ḥ `Eleusine indica, eine Grasart', wenn `aus Wurzelknollen hervorkommend'?, lat. bulbus `Zwiebel, Bolle' ist aus βολβός entlehnt. Redukt.-stufig oder mit Assimil. an den Vok. der 2. Silbe arm. palar `pustula, bolla'.
References: WP. II 111 f., WH. I 122.
Pages: 103
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