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English word bowl comes from Proto-Indo-European *bhlē-, Proto-Indo-European *bholn-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰln-, Old Norse bolle, and later Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (Round object, ball. Round vessel, bowl.)

*bhlē- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bholn- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bʰln- (Proto-Indo-European)

bolle (Old Norse)

*bʰl̥- (Proto-Indo-European)

*ballô (Proto-Germanic)

*bullǭ (Proto-Germanic)

Round object, ball. Round vessel, bowl.

bolle (Old English)

Bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure.

bolle (Middle English)

bowl (English)

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl Game, Super Bowl). (sports, theater) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.. (typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.. A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.. A part of a [...]

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