No connection to bulim, as in modern-day stamps? Those also have to do with financial transactions...
toby | 10.08.07 - 1:01 pm | #

It doesn't look like it. We discussed bul (stamp) here:

http://www.balashon.com/2006/06/bul.html

The further etymology of boules, according to some, could connect it to the English word "volition", since "vol" meant "will".
Dave (Balashon) | Homepage | 10.08.07 - 1:07 pm | #