Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/balluz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Latin follis (“windbag, balloon”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑl.luz/

Noun

*balluz m

round object, ball
(anatomy) ball of the hand, foot, etc.

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *balluz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*balluz	*balliwiz
vocative	*ballu	*balliwiz
accusative	*ballų	*ballunz
genitive	*ballauz	*balliwǫ̂
dative	*balliwi	*ballumaz
instrumental	*ballū	*ballumiz

Derived terms

*ballukaz

Related terms

*ballô

Descendants

Old English: *beall
- Middle English: bal, balle, ball
  - English: ball
  - Scots: ball, baw, baa, ba
Old Frisian: *bal
- Saterland Frisian: Bal
- West Frisian: bal
Old Saxon: ball, bal
- Middle Low German: bal
  - German Low German: Ball
  - Plautdietsch: Baul
Frankish: *ball, *bal
- Old Dutch: *bal
  - Middle Dutch: bal
    - Dutch: bal
    - West Flemish: bol
- → Medieval Latin: balla, palla, bala
  - Old French: balle
    - Middle French: balle
      - French: balle
    - ? → Italian: balla
  - Old Occitan: [Term?]
    - Occitan: bala
  - ? Italian: palla
    - ⇒ Italian: pallone, balone, ballone
      - → Middle French: ballon (via northern variants)
        French: ballon (see there for further descendants)
        → English: balloon (see there for further descendants)
  - Old Spanish: [Term?]
    - Spanish: bala
  - Old Portuguese: [Term?]
    - Portuguese: bala
Old High German: bal
- Middle High German: bal, ball
  - German: Ball
  - Luxembourgish: Ball
Old Norse: bǫllr
- Icelandic: böllur
- Faroese: bøllur
- Norwegian: ball
- Old Swedish: balder, baller
  - Swedish: boll
- Danish: bal, balde, bold
- Westrobothnian: böll, båll

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