bawl

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bau-“to roar”
2. Medieval Latin · derived frombaulō“to bark”
3. Old Norse · derived frombaula“to bellow”
4. Middle English · inherited frombaulen
5. English todaybawl

From Middle English baulen, from Old Norse baula (“to bellow”) and/or Medieval Latin baulō (“to bark”), both from Proto-Germanic *bau- (“to roar”), conflated with Proto-Germanic *bellaną, *ballijaną, *buljaną (“to shout, low, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”). Cognate with Faroese belja (“to low”), Icelandic baula (“to moo, low”), Swedish böla (“to bellow, low”). More at bell.