Bellowing
/ˈbɛl.oʊ.ɪŋ/noun
Making a loud, deep, roaring sound.
Did you know?English bellow is historically linked to the same Germanic root behind words for a bull, so the sound-word and the beast-word are cousins in the old vocabulary of power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bhel-
“to swell, blow up, or be inflated”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*bellōną
“to roar, bellow”
Old English
OE
bellan
“to roar, shout, cry out”
Middle English
ME
bellen
“to bellow, roar loudly”
Modern English
English
bellowing
“roaring or making a deep, loud sound”