Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bullǭ

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 *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”).

Noun

*bullǭ f

round object, ball
round vessel, bowl

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *bullǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bullǭ	*bullōniz
vocative	*bullǭ	*bullōniz
accusative	*bullōnų	*bullōnunz
genitive	*bullōniz	*bullōnǫ̂
dative	*bullōni	*bullōmaz
instrumental	*bullōnē	*bullōmiz

Related terms

*bullô

Descendants

Old English: bolle
- Middle English: bolle
  - Scots: boll, bol, bow
  - English: bowl
Old Frisian: bolla
- Saterland Frisian: Boolje, Bol
- West Frisian: bol
Old Saxon: *bolla, bollo
- Middle Low German: bolle, bole
  - German Low German: Boll, Bolle
Frankish: *bolla, *bulla, *bollō
- Old Dutch: *bolla, *bollo
  - Middle Dutch: bolle, bol
    - Dutch: bol
- → Vulgar Latin: *bolla (merger with Latin bulla)
  - Italian: bolla
  - Old French: bolle, bole
    - Middle French: boule
      - French: boule
    - Norman: bolle (Jèrriais), boule
  - Picard Old French: *boule
    - ⇒ Picard Old French: boulenc
      - → Old French: bolengier, boulanger
        Middle French: boulanger
        French: boulanger
        Gallo: boulangier
        Norman: boulandgi (Jèrriais)
        Walloon: boledjî
  - Old Occitan: bolla, bola
    - Occitan: bòla
    - Catalan: bolla, bola
    - → Spanish: bola
  - Spanish: bolla
Old High German: bolla
- Middle High German: bolle
  - Alemannic German: Bölle, Belle, Böle
  - German: Bolle
  - Luxembourgish: Bull
Old Norse: bolli
- Icelandic: bolli
- Faroese: bolli
- Norwegian: bolle
- Old Swedish: bolle, bulle
  - Swedish: bulle
- Old Danish: bollæ, bullæ
  - Danish: bolle
- Westrobothnian: bull

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