Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōþl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōþlą.

Noun

*bōþl n

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bōþl
Genitive	*bōþlas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bōþl	*bōþlu
Accusative	*bōþl	*bōþlu
Genitive	*bōþlas	*bōþlō
Dative	*bōþlē	*bōþlum
Instrumental	*bōþlu	*bōþlum

Derived terms

*bōþlijan

Descendants

Old English: botl, botel, bold
- Middle English: bottle, botle, buttle
  - English: bottle (“dwelling, building”)
Old Frisian: bōdel, bōld
- North Frisian: bol, boel, böl
- Saterland Frisian: bûdel, bôdel
- West Frisian: boel
Old Saxon: bōdal
- Middle Low German: bôdel, bôl
  - German Low German:
    Klevisch-Weselisch: Baul
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Buddel, Büoddel
Old Dutch: *buothal
- Middle Dutch: boedel, bodel
  - Dutch: boedel, boel
    - Afrikaans: boedel, boel
    - → English: boodle