buller

buller · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bew-“swelling”
2. Scots · borrowed frombuller“to boil, seethe”
3. English todaybuller

From Scots buller (“to boil, seethe”). Of obscure origin. Probably related to Old Norse bulla (“to boil”) and Old French bullir (“to boil”), Latin bulliō (“to boil”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”).

buller · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bellaną“to roar”
2. Scots · borrowed frombuller
3. English todaybuller

From Scots buller, bullir (“to bellow, roar”), likely of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to roar”). Compare Danish buldre (“to rumble”), Swedish bullra (“to make a noise, roar, rumble”).

buller · noun³

From bull + -er.

Buller · proper noun⁴

1. Middle English · derived frombulle“letter, document”
2. English todayBuller

Occupational surname for a scribe or copyist, from an agent derivative of Middle English bulle (“letter, document”).

Buller · proper noun, noun⁵

Clipping of Bullingdon + -er.

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