| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|
| English |
| English | bolus | rounded mass, earthen lump | n | W7 LRC |
| English | bulb | reproductive plant mass on short stem base | n | W7 LRC |
| English | bulbous | bulb-shaped, re: bulb | adj | W7 LRC |
| West Germanic |
| Old High German | buliz | mushroom | n | KDW LRC |
| German | Pilz | mushroom | n | TLL LRC |
| Italic |
| Latin | bōlētus | mushroom | n | LRC |
| Latin | bulbus | bulb: onion | n.masc | LRC |
| Hellenic |
| Greek | βολβός | bulb, bulbous plant (e.g. tassel hyacinth) | n | LS LRC |
| Greek | βόλιτα | cow faeces | n.neut.pl | LS LRC |
| Greek | βωλίτης | ball-shaped fungus; root-bulb of flower | n | LS LRC |
| Greek | βῶλος | clod, bolus | n | LS LRC |