billow
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪləʊ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English *bilowe, *bilewe, *bilwe, *bilȝe, borrowed from Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō. Cognates include Danish bølge (“wave”), Norwegian Bokmål bølge (“wave”), Norwegian Nynorsk bylgje (“wave”), German Low German Bulge, Bulg, Bülg (“billow, wave”), German Bulge (“billow, wave”).
large wave
oleada
Woge
golfslag
vaga
fluctus
flot
κύμα
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