Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bulgijō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.ɣi.jɔː/

Noun

*bulgijō f

1. wave, billow

   Synonyms: *hraznō, *unþī, *wallijǭ, *wēgaz

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *bulgijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bulgijō	*bulgijôz
vocative	*bulgijō	*bulgijôz
accusative	*bulgijǭ	*bulgijōz
genitive	*bulgijōz	*bulgijǫ̂
dative	*bulgijōi	*bulgijōmaz
instrumental	*bulgijō	*bulgijōmiz

Descendants

• Middle Low German: bulge
  • Low German: bülge
• Middle High German: bulga
• Old Norse: bylgja
  • Icelandic: bylgja
  • Faroese: bylgja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bylgja, bylgju, bylgje, bølgje; (dialectal) bulgje
  • Swedish: bölja
  • Danish: bølge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bølge
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bølge
  • → Middle English: *bilowe, *bilewe, *bilwe, *bilȝe
    • English: billow